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Chimera

By John Barth

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0618131701, 9780618131709
ASIN
B002VSSNC6
LCC
PS3552.A75 C5 2001
Open Library ID
OL3953597M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1369944 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
320\191
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In CHIMERAJohn Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called “stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant,” Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths’ relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, “There’s every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius.”

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