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This excellent collection of Donald Barthelme's literary output during the 1960s and 1970s covers the period when the writer came to prominence--producing the stories, satires, parodies, and other formal experiments that altered fiction as we know it--and wrote many of the most beautiful sentences in the English language. Due to the unfortunate discontinuance of many of Barthelme's titles, 60 Stories now stands as one of the broadest overviews of his work, containing selections from eight previously published books, as well as a number of other short works that had been otherwise uncollected.
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"Barthelme can focus our feeling into a bright point that can raise a blister. These 60 stories show him inventing at a fever pitch." --The Washington Post
"Donald Barthelme may have influenced the short story in his time as much as Hemingway and O' Hara did in theirs." --The New York Times
"The delight he offers to readers is beyond question, his originality is unmatched." --Los Angeles Times
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Donald Barthelme may have influenced the short story in his time as much as Hemingway and O' Hara did in theirs." --The New York Times
"The delight he offers to readers is beyond question, his originality is unmatched." --Los Angeles Times
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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"And I saw the figure 5 writ in gold",
By Evan Yamakawa (Yakima, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sixty Stories (Mass Market Paperback)
This is my favorite book to date. The way Barthelme can be both so articulate and non-sensical at the same time shows him to be a master of the human psyche. He notices subtleties that most people encounter but seldom regard as anything relevant, the result evokes a response that leaves one saying to his/herself "why have I not thought of such matters," or "that's so absurd-- the man is a genius". Ever since reading "Critique de la Vie Quotidienne" in a copy of Sadness (picked up off hand at a used book store) I knew that Barthelme was something special. Shame on the people that criticize him for not including the "traditional elements" of fiction!
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In one of the most typical, poignant, funny, and resounding stories in this collection, Barthelme introduces us to the Balloon Man. For now, it doesn't matter who or what he is, but suffice it to say that he, the Balloon Man, reckons the Balloon of Perhaps is his best balloon. Reading this collection, it's hard not to be struck by the idea that Barthelme's gift lies in, amongst other things, being able to write stories at once featherlight, attractive, and capable of imagining and exploring "perhaps's" no other writer could.
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A writer who knows his audience and can tap into the contemporary mind with ease, this is a collection that stands out in the latter half of the 20th century. A writer who trives on being enigmatic because he knows that it 1) speaks of modern society, mind, and being, and 2) that his audience wants such a tale to be woven. Highlights include his famous THE SCHOOL, THE FALLING DOG, SHOWER OF GOLD, and THE SERGENT. Watch out of tongue in cheek dark humor.
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