Thanks for asking to be friends and your encouragement on Barth's Life-Story and Chimera. I broke an intellectual sweat doing the final write-up of Life-Story yesterday - posted my final review last night. One of the most challenging reads (and reviews) I've encountered.
After a batch of Barth-Coover-Barthelme short story reviews I'll get to Chimera. Meanwhile, you might enjoy the Leonard Michaels NY Times review of this novel when first published, one of the best book reviews I've ever come across. http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/21...
After a batch of Barth-Coover-Barthelme short story reviews I'll get to Chimera. Meanwhile, you might enjoy the Leonard Michaels NY Times review of this novel when first published, one of the best book reviews I've ever come across. http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/06/21...