In this novelistic romp that is by turns hilarious and brilliant, John Barth spoofs his own place in the pantheon of contemporary fiction and the g...
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Jan 25, 2010
MJ
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Hee-haw! This p-novel was a rootin-tootin' pain-in-tha-bummie and no mistake!!! Johnnie Barth, PoMo Prince, writer of those-long-ASSED-novels ya don't wanna read, sends himself up in this excrutiating and entertaining ROMP!
The book is Barth's (the AULD duffa)'s attempt to comment on the rise of the e-novel, the hypertext generation and where the novel stands in relation to online FIC!!! Johns Hopkins Johnson (JHJ) (based on tha university where he sure as hell once-did-and-does-still More...
The book is Barth's (the AULD duffa)'s attempt to comment on the rise of the e-novel, the hypertext generation and where the novel stands in relation to online FIC!!! Johns Hopkins Johnson (JHJ) (based on tha university where he sure as hell once-did-and-does-still More...
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Jul 02, 2010
Christopher
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Not quite as exhilarating an experience as the novels of his heyday, this (apparently) final novel from Barth still has the same genius wordplay, enjoyable characters, and interesting pomo tricks of his better works. Plus, this book brings his career full circle and should be read by those who, like myself, have read and enjoyed all his other works.
Oct 25, 2009
Stargrave
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A lesson. The question: was it intentional?
Not to be read for amusement. But should be required reading for a number of writers I can think of who need to think a little more about who they are writing for.
Not to be read for amusement. But should be required reading for a number of writers I can think of who need to think a little more about who they are writing for.
Mar 06, 2011
Mike
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A disappointing novel from one of my favorite writers. Barth always balances his postmodern tricks with a cracking good story ("The Sot-Weed Factor", for example, is real page-turner), but in his attempt to write a novel summing up his whole career, he gets lost in endless self-reflexivity. A novel about a novelist writing his last novel, which is about a novelist writing his last novel, and so on. The book is so self-referential that only someone who has read all of Barth's fiction wo
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May 25, 2008
Lynn
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I love pomo, but couldn't make it past page three. *Way* too self-referential. The literary equivalent of jacking off.
Dec 06, 2007
Alex
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Satirizes post-modernism by being exaggeratedly post-modern, but doesn't always work.
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