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The floating opera and The end of the road

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Main Author: Barth, John, 1930-
Other Authors: Barth, John
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, 1988.
Edition:1st Anchor Books ed.
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Physical Description:viii, 442 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:0385240899
Author Notes:John Barth (1930-2024) was an American writer celebrated for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. Barth's first novel, The Floating Opera , was published in 1956, followed by The End of the Road. Barth achieved critical and commercial success in the 1960s with The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy .His collection of interconnected stories, Lost in the Funhouse , was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1969. His other works include Chimera , a collection of three novellas that won the National Book Award in 1973; Letters , an epistolary novel; Sabbatical: A Romance ; The End of the Road; and The Friday Book , a collection of essays.

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