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The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories

John Barth

ISBN 10: 0618405666 / 0-618-40566-6
ISBN 13: 9780618405664
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover

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The sixteenth book and third collection of stories by the critically acclaimed author of Chimera explores a wide variety of narrative approaches, including stories within stories, while also playfully examining the power of language in everyday life.

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"[A] profound exploration of the value of storytelling....Barth pulls off an extended and moving epiphany about writing, living, breathing in the face of the ultimate terrorist: death and its long shadow."

Michael Agger, New York Times Book Review, 04/04/2004

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"[A]fter many years, Barth's career, and postmodernism, seem both to be gradually drawing to a close. Nevertheless, the exploration of the aftermath of 9/11 and the continued experiments with fictional form in THE BOOK OF TEN NIGHTS AND A NIGHT show that this latest instalment of Barth's last words are still relevant and still worth reading."

Stephen Burn, Times Literary Supplement, 03/11/2005

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The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories (ISBN: 0618405666 / 0-618-40566-6)
Barth, John

ISBN 10: 0618405666
ISBN 13: 9780618405664

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Book Description: Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2004. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book Description: John Barth, the postmodern master, is back with his sixteenth book and third collection of stories, which gathers for the first time in one volume stories previously published in various journals. Exploring ideas of narrative frames, stories within stories, and the uncanny power that language has in our lives, he offers the thrilling blend of playfulness and illuminating insight that has marked him as one of Americas most distinguished writers. Here are tales of aging, time, possibility, and relationships. And in typically Barthian fashion, they are framed by the narration of a veteran writer, Graybard, and his flirtatious, insouciant muse, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). During the eleven days that follow September 11, 2001, Graybard and WYSIWYG debate the meaning and relevance of writing and storytelling in the wake of disaster, or TEOTWAW(A)KI- The End Of The World As We (Americans) Know It. The Book of Ten Nights and a Night is vintage Barth, sure to appeal to his loyal fans and find new readers touched by his irreverent but deeply human perspective on how writers can respond to the emotional and ethical demands of tragic events. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-1102757376

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