The Dead Father
May 2014 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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A wildly imaginative, absurdist adventure that redefines the boundaries of fiction.
In The Dead Father, Donald Barthelme crafts a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical being who, despite his condition, still clings to his hopes and vanities. This wise yet powerful figure is being dragged by a cable toward a mysterious goal, setting the stage for an extraordinary journey. Through the imaginative and inventive use of language that influenced a generation of writers, Barthelme offers readers a glimpse into his unique fictional universe.
As Donald Antrim notes in his introduction, "The Dead Father grants its author an almost complete artistic freedom... a permission to reshape, misrepresent, or even ignore the world as we find it." Blending humor, anxiety, and a sense of liberation, this novel invites readers to laugh along with its author and feel alive in the face of the unknown. A must-read for fans of literary fiction, postmodernism, and experimental novels that challenge traditional narratives.
In The Dead Father, Donald Barthelme crafts a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical being who, despite his condition, still clings to his hopes and vanities. This wise yet powerful figure is being dragged by a cable toward a mysterious goal, setting the stage for an extraordinary journey. Through the imaginative and inventive use of language that influenced a generation of writers, Barthelme offers readers a glimpse into his unique fictional universe.
As Donald Antrim notes in his introduction, "The Dead Father grants its author an almost complete artistic freedom... a permission to reshape, misrepresent, or even ignore the world as we find it." Blending humor, anxiety, and a sense of liberation, this novel invites readers to laugh along with its author and feel alive in the face of the unknown. A must-read for fans of literary fiction, postmodernism, and experimental novels that challenge traditional narratives.
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Darnell Ruffins
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January 18, 2018
I love this most because it is inside of me.
About the author
Donald Barthelme was one of the most influential American novelists of the 1970s and 1980s, bringing a unique postmodern voice to his novels, short stories, and essays. He died in 1989.
Donald Antrim is the author of three novels, including The Verificationist.
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