Description
ISBN: 0316082627
Title: Once Upon a Time
Author: Bath, John
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, New York
Publication Date: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: NF
D-j Condition: F
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Synopsis: This acclaimed collection of interwoven tales marks John Barth’s first return to the short story form in nearly thirty years — and resoundingly reaffirms his status as “the reigning master of postmodernist fiction” (Kirkus Reviews). A middle-aged couple, vacationing at their “last resort,” swap a series of twelve bedtime stories. Counting down toward a revelatory finale, these elegant tales — which touch on the idea of love and the love of ideas, quantum physics and physical pleasures, running jokes and running out of time — offer a playful, provocative, and emotionally resonant excursion through life and art.
