Lost In The Funhouse
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American postmodern literature, Lost in the Funhouse is a groundbreaking short fiction collection that dismantles the boundaries between storytelling and self-awareness. John Barth presents fourteen interconnected pieces that range from stream-of-consciousness interior monologues to experimental typographical games, each one interrogating the very act of narrative construction. The collection chronicles the coming-of-age of Ambrose, a young boy navigating the disorienting mazes of identity and imagination, while simultaneously unraveling the mechanics of fiction itself. Witty, cerebral, and boldly inventive, the work argues that the story and its telling are inseparable — a proposition that transformed the landscape of contemporary American writing. First published in 1968, it remains an essential and electrifying text for anyone serious about the art and theory of fiction.
Author: John Barth
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American postmodern literature, Lost in the Funhouse is a groundbreaking short fiction collection that dismantles the boundaries between storytelling and self-awareness. John Barth presents fourteen interconnected pieces that range from stream-of-consciousness interior monologues to experimental typographical games, each one interrogating the very act of narrative construction. The collection chronicles the coming-of-age of Ambrose, a young boy navigating the disorienting mazes of identity and imagination, while simultaneously unraveling the mechanics of fiction itself. Witty, cerebral, and boldly inventive, the work argues that the story and its telling are inseparable — a proposition that transformed the landscape of contemporary American writing. First published in 1968, it remains an essential and electrifying text for anyone serious about the art and theory of fiction.