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The Floating Opera and The End of the Road

By John Barth

By John Barth

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Mar 11, 1997 | ISBN 9780385240895

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About The Floating Opera and The End of the Road

The Floating Opera and The End Of The Road are John Barth’s first two novels.  Their relationship to each other is evident not only in their ribald subject matter but in the eccentric characters and bitterly humorous tone of the narratives. Both concern strange, consuming love triangles and the destructive effect of an overactive intellect on the emotions. Separately they give two very different views of a universal human drama. Together they illustrate the beginnings of an illustrious career.

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John Barth was born on May 27, 1930, in Cambridge, Maryland. As a student at Johns Hopkins University he was fascinated by Oriental tale-cycles and medieval collections, a body of literature that would later influence his own writing. He received… More about John Barth

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Category: Literary Fiction

Paperback | $17.95
Published by Anchor
Mar 11, 1997 | 464 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780385240895

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