9781564780966
Sabbatical: A Romance
John Barth
ISBN 13: 9781564780966
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Softcover
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Subtitled "a romance," "Sabbatical" is the story of a sharp young associate professor of early American literature and her husband, a 50-year-old ex-CIA officer currently between careers and the author of a troublemaking book about his former employer. Seven years into their marriage, they decide to take a sabbatical, a sailboat journey on which they sum up their years together and try to make important decisions about the future. Quintessential Barth, "Sabbatical" involves sailing, twinship, the joy of love and literature, the sorrow of death and disaster, and a playfully complex narrative. The author has written a foreword for this new edition.
Review:
"The background question is whether the world will end before the novel does."
John Barth, New York Times Book Review
Review:"[A]n examination of mortality and human purpose in the face of humble and ambiguous choices."
Charles Trueheart, Washington Post Book World, 04/23/1982
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