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COMING SOON !!! : A Narrative
by Barth, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618131655
- ISBN 13
- 9780618131655
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In a novelistic romp that is by turns hilarious and brilliant, John Barth, the dean of postmodern fiction, spoofs his own place in the pantheon of contemporary fiction and the generation of writers who have followed his literary trailblazing. COMING SOON !!!, Barth's first novel in ten years, is the tale of two writers: an older, retiring novelist setting out to write his last work and a young, aspiring writer of hypertext intent on toppling his master. Inspired by a gently sinking showboat replica called 'The Original Floating Opera II,' grounded on a shoal somewhere in the Chesapeake Bay as a hurricane approaches, they race each other to write a novel about a floating opera--a reprise of the fictional mentor's first novel. In the heat of their rivalry, the writers navigate, and sometimes stumble over, the cultural fault lines between print and electronic fiction, mentor and student, post modernism and modernism. COMING SOON !!! spotlights its legacy with the wit and irreverence that mark Barth as one of our most highly regarded writers. It is an extraordinary addition to, and a playfull riff on, Barth's oeuvre, a series of books that have shaped contemporary fiction. Barth's novels include THE FLOATING OPERA, THE END OF THE ROAD, THE SOT-WEED FACTOR, GILES GOAT-BOY, THE LAST VOYAGE OF SOMEBODY THE SAILOR, and CHIMERA for which he won the National Book Award, among others. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L70
Synopsis
In a novelistic romp that is by turns hilarious and brilliant, John Barth, the dean of postmodern fiction, spoofs his own place in the pantheon of contemporary fiction and the generation of writers who have followed in the wake of his literary trailblazing. Barth's first novel in ten years, COMING SOON!!! is the tale of two writers: an older, retiring novelist setting out to write his last work and a young, aspiring writer of hypertext intent on toppling his master. Inspired by a gently sinking showboat replica called The Original Floating Opera II, grounded on a shoal somewhere in Chesapeake Bay as a hurricane (and Y2K) approaches, they race each other to write a novel about a floating opera -- a reprise of the fictional mentor's first novel, of Barth's own first novel, of Edna Ferber's literary monument Show Boat and its spawn of musicals and films. In the heat of their rivalry, the writers navigate, and sometimes stumble over, the cultural fault lines between print and electronic fiction, mentor and mentee, postmodernism and modernism. At a time of intense renewed interest in postmodernism, COMING SOON!!! spotlights its legacy with the wit and irreverence that mark Barth as one of our most highly regarded writers. It is an extraordinary addition to, and a playful riff on, Barth's oeuvre, a series of books that have shaped contemporary literature.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4863
- Title
- COMING SOON !!! : A Narrative
- Author
- Barth, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618131655
- ISBN 13
- 9780618131655
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION GENERAL General
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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