false 118354 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg 118354 3 113933 1986 Paradise total:108|5:18|4:39|3:38|2:11|1:2| 108 384 157 15 24425 4.05 3933 394 41264804 1843426 1057426 0399129219 9780399129216 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619m/1057426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619s/1057426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1057426.Paradise 3.27 15 1986 4 0 false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 02:03:19 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 02:07:43 -0800 2008 The Dead Father I still found it quite rewarding. Barthelme is excellent with his characterization of involved and yet detached people - check this work out if you are bored of reading about overly unified and perfect fictional characters. The folks in this story will ...more...]]> 31641272 1107219 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.60 93 1986 2 0 false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 02:15:34 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 02:14:01 -0800 2008
An aging architect named Simon is recently divorced from his wife. One night at a bar he catches the tail end of a lingerie...more...]]> 24363512 544978 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 17:17:28 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 17:25:07 -0700 2008 In this book, Simon, an adultero...more...]]> 17486967 983325 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 5 0 false Mon Mar 10 21:09:44 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:37:33 -0700 2008 decomP, I've tried to limit my reviews to contemporary writings such as books published within the last 10 years. However, sometimes I find it necessary to visit a few older entries, and Donald Barthelme's Paradise (Dalkey Archive Press, 1986) is one novel th...more...]]> 67991257 2073597 1057426 0399129219 9780399129216 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619m/1057426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619s/1057426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1057426.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 3 0 false Tue Aug 18 22:15:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:15:12 -0700 2009 40357310 110525 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 4 0 false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 21:10:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 21:12:05 -0800 2008 42861915 152719 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 5 0 false Mon Jan 12 20:21:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 20:21:24 -0800 2009 6335450 213612 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 4 0 false Mon Sep 17 12:04:48 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 12:12:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 28426713 526331 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 5 0 false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 10:39:36 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 07:19:28 -0700 2008
Only a master such as this can take a book full of over-the-top sexuality and make it ring with sadness and also such great humor. D. Barthelme also has an ear for sentences like no one else--not my favorite book of his, but still floating well above a sea full of ot...more...]]> 18756724 929972 1057426 0399129219 9780399129216 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619m/1057426.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180617619s/1057426.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1057426.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 3 0 false Wed Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 08:59:22 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 16 09:52:57 -0700 2009 1 10438532 537767 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 1 0 false Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 14 15:26:08 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 15:28:14 -0800 2007 26719847 1128267 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 0 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 08 21:10:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 11:51:30 -0700 2008 29187387 323517 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 5 0 false Mon Aug 04 00:13:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 00:14:22 -0700 2008 12987241 160301 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 20 15:49:41 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 15:50:08 -0800 2008 4419550 271503 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 12 00:24:42 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 16:50:00 -0700 2007 80946427 173190 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 0 0 false Mon Dec 14 04:56:22 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 04:56:22 -0800 2009 80601313 614862 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 3 0 false Thu Dec 10 17:37:53 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 17:37:53 -0800 2009 79943821 270269 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 22:28:12 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 22:28:12 -0800 2009 79784752 2196528 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 13:00:44 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 13:00:44 -0800 2009 79532375 2578458 118354 1564784037 9781564784032 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250m/118354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749250s/118354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118354.Paradise 3.56 108 1986 0 0 false Tue Dec 01 10:18:20 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 10:18:20 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=118354