Letters
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
1564780619
ISBN-13
9781564780614
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint
Dalkey Archive Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 17th, 1994
Print length
772 Pages
Weight
1,072 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 15.30 x 4.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A landmark of postmodern American fiction, Letters is (as the subtitle genially informs us) "an old time epistolary novel by seven fictitious drolls & dreamers each of which imagines himself factual." Seven characters (including the Author himself) exchange a novel's worth of letters during a 7-month period in 1969, a time of revolution that recalls the U.S.'s first revolution in the 18th century - the heyday of the epistolary novel. Recapitulating American history as well as the plots of his first six novels, Barth's seventh novel is a witty and profound exploration of the nature of revolution and renewal, rebellion and reenactment, at both the private and public levels. It is also an ingenious meditation on the genre of the novel itself, recycling an older form to explore new directions, new possibilities for the novel.
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