Collected Stories : John Barth

by John Barth

Book Overview

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...