- Imaginary letters, American fiction (fictional works by one author)
"A landmark of postmodern American fiction, Letters is (as the subtitle genially informs us) "an old time epistolary novel by seven fictitious drolls & dreamers each of which imagines himself factual."
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Prestige, cool, contemplative and nostalgic.
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Barth
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 772
- Publisher
- Putnam, Dalkey Archive Press, Granada
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781564780614
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