false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544375m/24840.jpg 24840 8 In "CHIMERA" John Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant," Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths" relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, "There's every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius." 1687830 book 1972 Chimera total:330|5:70|4:125|3:98|2:29|1:8| 330 1210 529 24 5 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:03:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:07:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 10:49:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:56:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 13 21:43:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:40:59 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 21:43:26 -0800 2009 I've ever met were in stories, not in Moorman's rings and Jew's Lamps. It's in words that the magic is- Abracadabra, Open Sesame, and the rest- but the magic words in one story aren't magical in the next. The real magic is to understand which words w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 05 08:49:46 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 07:38:44 -0700 2008
In Chimera, he retells 1001 Nights, the myth of Perseus, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 08:24:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 08:20:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 11:53:01 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:22:31 -0700 2009 really dislike this. I am officially not a postmodernist. But I'm stuck with it on an NJTransit round-trip and then a 25 minute subway ride home from work tomorrow. Fuck. Maybe as I'm forced to slog through it, I'll reevaluate.]]> 1 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 26 09:10:44 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 25 13:20:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 07:37:20 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 20:56:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:06:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:07:44 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 14 08:42:51 -0800 2009 Fri May 01 14:15:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 27 09:13:04 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 11:06:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 11:29:44 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 11:17:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Sat Dec 29 15:40:45 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 15:44:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon May 12 11:01:36 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 11:06:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Jul 07 11:34:29 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 11:38:00 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 14 08:18:44 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 10:36:36 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Tue Jul 22 18:43:54 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 18:43:54 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jul 08 09:51:21 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 09:52:10 -0700 2008 I expected somethign more, I guess, because of his other books. sorely disappointed.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Mar 05 10:37:51 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 10:40:37 -0800 2007 2 0 false false Thu Aug 30 08:13:49 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 09:05:09 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24840