Letters: A NovelPutnam, 1979 - 772 σελίδες Basically, [Barth] takes several people from his early novels and has them all starting to write to each other, and to him, their letters and experiences directing the plot. And what starts out as what could be a too-cute literary trick winds up being extremely revealing, as the characters pour themselves into the letters, regardless of whom they're writing to, as the plot skips and slips through time. On one level it acts as a sequel to those early novels, continuing their stories and although it's not really required to read those books, I'm not going to pretend it doesn't help. The best thing to do would be to read those old novels in one block and then move onto this . . . I read them some years ago so I was a little fuzzy on the finer points. But I picked it up. But Barth captures the voices of his old characters well and even if you didn't know who was writing what letter, you could tell. And thus they tell the recepient, and us, about their hopes and fears, they mingle together, they lie, they come unglued, and by the end you sort of get a tapestry of their thoughts. There's a plot weaving through here but sometimes it becomes hard to connect it with six different people discussing different angles of it with you, but I just went with it and enjoyed the writing for what it was. --Michael Battaglia at Amazon.com. |
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... Maryland ) Anne Bowyer m . ANDREW COOKE II ( + ) Roxanne Édouard m . Harry Russecks ( of London ) ( Merchant of London & Maryland ) ( of Maryland ) ( Miller of Maryland ) Mattasinemarough ( " Charley Mattasin , ' " Prince of the ...
... Maryland ) Anne Bowyer m . ANDREW COOKE II ( + ) Roxanne Édouard m . Harry Russecks ( of London ) ( Merchant of London & Maryland ) ( of Maryland ) ( Miller of Maryland ) Mattasinemarough ( " Charley Mattasin , ' " Prince of the ...
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... Maryland 21612 My dear Lady Amherst : April 13 , 1969 In response to your note of April 5 : I accept , regretfully , your vigorous rejection of my proposal , and apologize for any affront it may have given you . I did not mean — but ...
... Maryland 21612 My dear Lady Amherst : April 13 , 1969 In response to your note of April 5 : I accept , regretfully , your vigorous rejection of my proposal , and apologize for any affront it may have given you . I did not mean — but ...
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... Maryland ; facsimile editions of The Sot - Weed Factor and Sot - Weed Redivivus ; divers other primary and secondary texts in the history of 17th - Century Maryland . . . Intrigued , our master intriguer volunteers to find out ...
... Maryland ; facsimile editions of The Sot - Weed Factor and Sot - Weed Redivivus ; divers other primary and secondary texts in the history of 17th - Century Maryland . . . Intrigued , our master intriguer volunteers to find out ...
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Todd Andrews to the Author Acknowledging the latters | 80 |
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A B Cook IV to his unborn child The history of A B Cooke | 110 |
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