- Fiction, Novelists, Autobiographical fiction, Belletristische Darstellung
From master storyteller and National Book Award winner John Barth comes a bravura performance: a memoir wrapped in a novel and launched on a sea voyage.
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Prestige, character-led, intimate and meticulous.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- John Barth, John Barth
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 408
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, Back Bay Books, Sceptre
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340617274
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