Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

3 used from CDN$ 10.69
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
The Sot-Weed Factor
  
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)

by John Barth (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


3 used from CDN$ 10.69

Product Details

Product Description

From the Publisher

This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is "one of the most diverting...to roam the world since Candide" (Time ). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

38 Reviews
5 star:
 (34)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:
 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.7 out of 5 stars (38 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
5.0 out of 5 stars I remembered this book for 39 YEARS!, Nov 8 2007
This review is from: Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
I remembered this book for 39 YEARS! I was about 16 years old when I read it, on the strong recommendation of one of my teachers at the Woodstock Country School in Vermont. It captivated me and it still does!
This book is magical and it will sweep you away, back into a totally insane Colonial period with scoundrels and 'SALVAGES' behind every bush! You will be very confused about U.S. history after you read it, but perhaps that is a good thing. We should all be less certain of history, for it is just one story, not the whole truth. Barth may be right about everything or nothing, we will never know, for not one of us was there at the time.
I am going to read it again now and I know it will be just as good, maybe better, the 2nd time around. If you you don't read this book right now, you will be very sorry. Or maybe you will not be sorry, but I will personally feel sorry for your loss of a wonderful, silly, outrageous adventure in the Cheseapeake Bay!!! Watch out behind you, there is someone there!
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
3.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious but not a classic!, Feb 6 2007
By A. Paeth (Michigan) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
This was a very funny book that is worth the effort it takes to plow through the somewhat difficult text.

Pro's... Humor, historical satire, educational, cutting edge metafiction evolving around the author's inane imagination.

Con's... excessively bawdy, too much potty humor, Ebenezer's dullwitted idiocy, repetitive cliffhangers (Burlingame's identity, Anna's relationship with Henry,and Malden's ruin) with too many 360 degree twists to the plot! Unbelievable happenstance, coincidence and irony throughout.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars Outrageously funny, May 24 2004
By R. E. James "mostly Libertarian" (Longwood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
This is the only book of this size (1200 pages) that I have read three times. I first read it in 1972 and just read it again last year. It is definitely NOT a "beach" read, and requires concentration, but is well worth it. After this, I read two or three more by Barth, and was quite disappointed.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Not much to add to other glowing reviews...
... but this and GILES GOAT-BOY are masterpieces of deconstructed Americana. The depth of Pynchon, the wit of Heller and Roth, the linguistic brilliance of, well, Barth: it's all... Read more
Published on Sep 24 2003 by The Zen Archer

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sot Weed Factor
Everything that could be said about the literary genius of this book is contained in the other reviews here - so l will just add that when l read it over 30 years ago l thought it... Read more
Published on Jul 11 2003 by Joanie Gray

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Funny and Spellbinding
I know it's supposed to spoof historical novels, but I didn't read "The Sot-Weed Factor" that way at all. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2003 by Dan Witte

4.0 out of 5 stars Close, but not quite a cigar.
On my trip through the rugged post-modern landscape I chose this book as my introduction to John Barth. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2003 by B. Gone

5.0 out of 5 stars Wildly Funny and Masterfully Written
I wished The Sot-Weed Factor would never end! I didn't realize until turning over the last page at 3 a.m. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2002 by First Things First

5.0 out of 5 stars Chesapeake chicanery
Set in both England and the Chesapeake Bay area of the 1690's, "The Sot-Weed Factor" is written in the style of an 18th-Century comic novel, with arching plot lines,... Read more
Published on Jan 21 2002 by A.J.

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll never look at an eggplant the same way again
If you've read the book, then you know exactly what I'm talking about and are probably doubled over in laughter just at the mention of it . . . Read more
Published on Jan 15 2002 by Michael Battaglia

1.0 out of 5 stars Archaic English makes it hard to follow
I know that it's satire, but frankly, with the attempt to imitate 17thC English, it's a hard read.

You would do better reading Herman Melville's Moby Dick if you want to read a... Read more

Published on Jan 10 2002 by A_2007_reader

5.0 out of 5 stars The master's masterpiece
I have loved this book ever since I was a sad teenage nihilist. (Mr Barth is the only person whom I've ever written a fan letter; and one of my happiest memories is when I... Read more
Published on Nov 28 2001 by Jonathan Rimorin

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Thoroughly Enjoyable Book I've Read
The Sot-Weed Factor represents not so much a revolutionary change in literary style or technique so much as it does a complete mastery of every previous style, technique, trick,... Read more
Published on Jul 14 2001 by the_kenosha_kid

Only search this product's reviews


Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject




i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.