false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223642594m/179560.jpg 179560 4 When Donald Barthelme died at the age of 54, he was perhaps the most imitated (if not emulated) practitioner of American literature. Caustic, slyly observant, transgressive, verbally scintillating, Barthelme's essays, stories, and novels redefined a generation of American letters and remain unparalleled for the way they capture our national pastimes and obsessions, but most of all for the way they caputure the strangeness of life. <br>Not-Knowing amounts to the posthumous manifesto of one of our premier literary modernists. Here are Barthelme's thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two never previously published; and meditations on everything from Superman III to the art of rendering "Melancholy Baby" on jazz banjolele. This is a rich and eclectic selection of work by the man Robert Coover has called "one of the great citizens of contemporary world letters."   173480 1997 Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews of Donald Barthelme total:106|5:31|4:54|3:18|2:3|1:0| 106 431 171 4 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 06:48:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 16:16:00 -0700 2009 But something tells me the inter...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 22:41:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 07:39:42 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jul 02 08:54:46 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 08:56:08 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Oct 06 20:14:23 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 20:15:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 13:52:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 13:53:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 04:58:38 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 04:58:38 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 23:29:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 23:29:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Sep 30 18:42:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:42:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 25 11:41:08 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:41:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 21:26:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 21:26:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 13:33:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 13:33:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 19:26:17 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:26:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:14:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 09:53:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 06 10:51:54 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:51:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 13:00:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 13:00:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 11:58:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:58:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 05:50:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 05:50:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 13:10:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 13:10:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 09:13:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:13:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 22:28:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 22:28:57 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=179560