FORTY STORIES (PENGUIN CLASSICS) By Donald Barthelme & Dave Eggers **Excellent**

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ISBN-10
0142437816
Publication Name
Penguin Classics
Type
Paperback
ISBN
9780142437810
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142437816
ISBN-13
9780142437810
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30787961

Product Key Features

Book Title
Forty Stories
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Donald Barthelme
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.9 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-271750
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
...a voice that remains uniquely rewarding and often sounds ageless. (The New York Times Book Review), ...a voice that remains uniquely rewarding and often sounds ageless. ( The New York Times Book Review )
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Table Of Content
Forty Stories Introduction by Dave Eggers Chablis On the Deck The Genius Opening Sindbad The Explanation Concerning the Bodyguard Rif The Palace at Four A.M. Jaws Conversations with Goethe Affection The New Owner Paul Klee Terminus The Educational Experience Bluebeard Departures Visitors The Wound At the Tolstoy Museum The Flight of Pigeons from the Palace A Few Moments of Sleeping and Waking The Temptation os St. Anthony Sentence Pepperoni Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friends Lightning The Catechist Porcupines at the University Sakrete Captain Blood 110 West Sixty-First Street The Film Overnight to Many Distant Cities Construction Letters to the Editore Great Days The Baby January
Synopsis
William H. Gass has written of Donald Barthelme that "he has permanently enlarged our perception of the possibilities open to short fiction." In Forty Stories , the companion volume to Sixty Stories , we encounter a dazzling array of subjects: Paul Klee, Goethe, Captain Blood , modern courtship, marriage and divorce, armadillos, and other unique Barthelmean flights of fancy. These pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces tangle with the ludicrous, pose questions that remain unresolved, and challenge familiar bits of language heretofore unexamined. Forty Stories demonstrates Barthelme's unrivaled ability to surprise, to stimulate, and to explore. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.A76F6 2005

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    A Great (and Funny) Artist at Work

    Donald Barthelme was one of the great innovative writers of the 20th century. Hip and hilarious.

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