- Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Americans, Journalists
Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a sea-going adventure. Over the course of six evenings, the two take turns recounting their voyages in a brilliantly entertaining weave of stories within stories.
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Intimate, contemplative, cool and warm.
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- John Barth
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 573
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Anchor Books, Sceptre
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340559109
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