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1	Snow White more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Forty Stories more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist A collection of Barthelme's stories, including previously uncollected pieces. Chronicling the modern world, the situations he creates are both ordinary and strange, often reflecting the absurdity and meaninglessness of life. His other novels include "Snow White", "The Dead Father" and "The King". see all copies from $2.49! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sixty Stories more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist This book includes selected stories from eight of Barthelme's previous collections published between 1964 and 1979--many of which are now out of print--and nine previously uncollected stories. Over the years his stylistic innovations have had a wide influence on short story authors and have inspired many imitators, but this collection demonstrates ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The dead father more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Barthelme encapsulates ideas about the meaning of fathers and fatherhood in this parabolic tale of a son, his wife, and his 'brothers' who drag and tow a gargantuan 'father' to his final resting place. Although 'dead,' the father is quite talkative, and on the long journey he engages his sons on their shortcomings and solidifies his criticisms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Teachings of Don B.: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme more books like this by Donald Barthelme, Kim Herzinger (Editor) add to wishlist A rich variety of writings by Barthelme (1931-1989) includes a baseball game played by T. S. Eliot and Willem de Kooning; a scientific search for God; and many more of Barthelme's incomparable works--all previously uncollected. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The king. more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Barthelme's last book, published posthumously, is a novel composed in dialogue in which King Arthur finds himself battling against the Nazis in World War II. Arthur simultaneously prepares his son Mordred for the duties of ruling the kingdom. Ultimately Arthur and Guinevere, having exhausted mythmaking as their only weapon, retreat into domestic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Flying to America: 45 More Stories more books like this by Donald Barthelme, Kim Herzinger (Editor) add to wishlist Donald Barthelme was one of the most influential and inventive writers of the twentieth century. Through his unique, richly textured, and brilliantly realized novels, stories, parodies, satires, fables, and essays, Barthelme redefined a generation of American letters. To John Hawkes, he was "one of our greatest of all comic writers." Robert Coover ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.77! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Contemporary Fiction 50 Short Stories Since 1970 (Edited By Lex Williford and Michael Martone, Introduction By Rosellen Brown) by Sherman; Atwood Alexie, Margaret; Bambara, Toni Cade; Banks, Russell; Barth, John; Barthelme, Donald; Bass, Rick; Bausch,... add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions
9	Amateurs more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: Or the Hithering Thithering Djinn more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Relates Matilda's adventures in the Chinese house that grew in her back yard. Collage illustrations made from nineteenth-century engravings. see all copies from $4.22! new only from $12.14! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Overnight to Many Distant Cities more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Guilty Pleasures more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $2.89! new only from $23.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Paradise more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Simon, a middle-aged architect separated from his wife, is given the chance to live out a stereotypical male fantasy: freed from the travails of married life, he ends up living with three nubile lingerie models who use him as a sexual object. Set in the 1980s, there's further tension between Simon's desire to exploit this stereotypical fantasy and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Overnight to Distant more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Forty Stories: 5 more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Offers a collection of tales that reflects society's foibles, including, "At the Tolstoy Museum," "Sentence," and "Porcupines at the University". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
16	Sam's Bar more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $6.97! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
17	City life more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Not-Knowing:: The Essays and Interviews more books like this by Donald Barthelme, Kim Herzinger (Editor) add to wishlist The wildly varied essays in "Not-Knowing" combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America's masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme's thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two previously unpublished; and meditations on everything from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Sadness more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Teachings of Don B. more books like this by Donald Barthelme, Kim Herzinger (Editor), Thomas Pynchon (Introduction by) add to wishlist A rich variety of writings by Barthelme (1931-1989) includes a baseball game played by T. S. Eliot and Willem de Kooning; a scientific search for God; and many more of Barthelme's incomparable works--all previously uncollected. see all copies from $2.63! first editions
21 view cover	Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews of Donald Barthelme more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist When Donald Barthelme died at the age of 54, he was perhaps the most imitated (if not emulated) practitioner of American literature. Caustic, slyly observant, transgressive, verbally scintillating, Barthelme's essays, stories, and novels redefined a generation of American letters and remain unparalleled for the way they capture our national ... see all copies from $10.75! new only from $12.10! \| first editions
22	Come Back, Doctor Caligari more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Stories by Donald Barthelme that perfectly represent his eccentric worldview--small, gemlike works that were highly influential when first published and are still counted among the classics of experimental fiction. see all copies from $31.62! new only from $77.40!
23	Unspeakable Practices by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00!
24	Great Days more books like this by Donald Barthelme add to wishlist Barthelme's new book of stories is perhaps most notable for the presence of seven formally related dialogues, which introduce a new aspect of his work. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $76.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Selected Shorts From Symphony Space: Short Stories Recorded Live at Symphony Space by Grace Paley Richard Ford, Roy, Jr. Blount, Toni Cade Bambara, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles add to wishlist see all copies from $39.00!

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