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When John Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth’s writing was not a response to the realistic fiction that characterized American literature at the time; it beckoned back to the founders of the novel: Cervantes, Rabelais, and Sterne, echoing their playfulness and reflecting the freedom inherent in the writing of fiction. This collection of Barth’s short fiction is a landmark event, bringing all of his previous collections together in one volume for the first time. Its occasion helps readers assess a remarkable lifetime’s work and represents an important chapter in the history of American literature. Dalkey Archive will reissue a number of Barth’s novels over the next few years, preserving his work for generations to come.

Table of Contents:
Contents
 On with the Stories! 1 (An introduction to Collected Stories by John Barth)
 LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE (1968) 5 Lost in the Funhouse (Foreword to the Anchor Books Edition) 7 Author’s Note (1968) 10 Frame-Tale 13 Night-Sea Journey 15 Ambrose His Mark 24 Autobiography: A Self-Recorded Fiction 42 Water-Message 46 Petition 61 Lost in the Funhouse 73 Echo 96 Two Meditations 101 Title 102 Glossolalia 110 Life-Story 112 Menelaiad 124 Anonymiad 156 Seven Additional Author’s Notes (1969) 185 ON WITH THE STORY (1996) 189 Check-in 193 1. The End: An Introduction 197 Pillow Talk: “That’s a story?” 205 2. Ad Infinitum: A Short Story 206 “That’s more like it.” 214 3· And Then One Day . . . 216 “Dot dot dot? . . .” 232 4· Preparing for the Storm 234 “‘Yes, well,’ 245 5· On with the Story 247 “Maybe . . . 266 6. Love Explained 268 “You’re putting words in her mouth.” 273 7· “Waves,” by Amien Richard 275 “No comment.” 305 8. Stories of Our Lives 307 “Hold on, there.” 332 9· Closing Out the Visit 334 “That says it. Time to go.” 341 10. Good-bye to the Fruits 342 “I’ll say yes to that.” 350 11. Ever After 351 Pillow Talk: Presently 367 12. Countdown: Once Upon a Time 368 THE BOOK OF TEN NIGHTS AND A NIGHT (2004) 395 Invocation: “WYSIWYG” 397 ] Help! 405 FIRST NIGHT 409 Landscape: The Eastern Shore 414 SECOND NIGHT 420 The Ring 435 THIRD NIGHT 445 Dead Cat, Floating Boy 452 FOURTH NIGHT 462 A Detective and a Turtle 467 FIFTH NIGHT 483 The Rest of Your Life 488 SIXTH NIGHT 506 The Big Shrink 512 SEVENTH NIGHT 523 Extension 528 EIGHTH NIGHT 535 And Then There’s the One 538 NINTH NIGHT 555 9999 559 TENTH NIGHT 577 Click 583 ELEVENTH NIGHT 607 WYSIWYG? 616 AFTERWORDS 633 THE DEVELOPMENT (2008) 637 Peeping Tom 639 Toga Party 660 Teardown 687 The Bard Award 701 Progressive Dinner 719 Us/ Them 739 Assisted Living 751 The End 761 Rebeginning 773


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781628970951
  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Depth: 51
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 1264 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1628970952
  • Publisher Date: 17 Dec 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 250 mm
  • No of Pages: 600
  • Series Title: American Literature
  • Sub Title: John Barth
  • Width: 150 mm


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