Barthelme, Donald
Overview
| Works: | 189 works in 1,071 publications in 16 languages and 36,761 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Experimental fiction Fiction Short stories Criticism, interpretation, etc Short stories, American Fantasy fiction Literature Poetry War stories Arthurian romances |
| Roles: | Author, Contributor, Author of introduction, zxx, Librettist, Creator, Other, Editor |
| Classifications: | PS3552.A76, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Donald Barthelme
- Donald Barthelme : the genesis of a cool sound by Helen Moore Barthelme( )
- City of words: American fiction, 1950-1970 by Tony Tanner( Book )
- Donald Barthelme by Lois G Gordon( Book )
- In the singer's temple : prose fictions of Barthelme, Gaines, Brautigan, Piercy, Kesey, and Kosinski by Jack Hicks( Book )
- Dissident postmodernists : Barthelme, Coover, Pynchon by Paul Maltby( Book )
- Literary disruptions : the making of a post-contemporary American fiction by Jerome Klinkowitz( Book )
- Hiding man : a biography of Donald Barthelme by Tracy Daugherty( Book )
- Donald Barthelme : a study of the short fiction by Barbara L Roe( Book )
- Not-knowing : the essays and interviews of Donald Barthelme by Donald Barthelme( Book )
- Donald Barthelme by Maurice Couturier( Book )
- Donald Barthelme's fiction : the ironist saved from drowning by Charles Molesworth( Book )
- The metafictional muse : the works of Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, and William H. Gass by Larry McCaffery( Book )
- Donald Barthelme : an exhibition by Jerome Klinkowitz( Book )
- The shape of art in the short stories of Donald Barthelme by Wayne B Stengel( Book )
- Victims, textual strategies in recent American fiction by Paul Bruss( Book )
- Understanding Donald Barthelme by Stanley Trachtenberg( Book )
- Postmodernism( Book )
- Critical essays on Donald Barthelme by Richard F Patteson( Book )
- Mole notes by Michael Benedikt( Book )
- Donald Barthelme : a comprehensive bibliography and annotated secondary checklist by Jerome Klinkowitz( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Donald Barthelme
Sixty stories by
Donald Barthelme(
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74 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Margins; A Shower of Gold; Me and Miss Mandible; For I'm the Boy; Will You Tell Me?; The Balloon; The President; Game; Alice; Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning; Report; The Dolt; See the Moon?; The Indian Uprising; Views of My Father Weeping; Paraguay; On Angels; The Phantom of the Opera's Friend; City Life; Kierkegaard Unfair to Schlegel; The Falling Dog; The Policemen's Ball; The Glass Mountain; Critique de la Vie Quotidienne; The Sandman; Traumerei; The Rise of Capitalism; A City of Churches; Daumier; The Party; Eugenei Grandet; Nothing: A Preliminary Account; A Manual for Sons; At the End of the Mechanical Age; Rebecca; The Captured Woman; I Bought a Little City; the Sergeant; The School; The Great Hug; Our Work and Why We Do It; The Crisis; Cortes and Montezuma; The New Music; The Zombies; The King of Jazz; Morning; The Death of Edward Lear; The Abduction from the Seraglio; On the Steps of the Conservatory; The Leap; Aria; The Emerald; How I Write My Songs; The Farewell; The Emperor; Thailand; Heroes; Bishop; Grandmother's House
74 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Margins; A Shower of Gold; Me and Miss Mandible; For I'm the Boy; Will You Tell Me?; The Balloon; The President; Game; Alice; Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning; Report; The Dolt; See the Moon?; The Indian Uprising; Views of My Father Weeping; Paraguay; On Angels; The Phantom of the Opera's Friend; City Life; Kierkegaard Unfair to Schlegel; The Falling Dog; The Policemen's Ball; The Glass Mountain; Critique de la Vie Quotidienne; The Sandman; Traumerei; The Rise of Capitalism; A City of Churches; Daumier; The Party; Eugenei Grandet; Nothing: A Preliminary Account; A Manual for Sons; At the End of the Mechanical Age; Rebecca; The Captured Woman; I Bought a Little City; the Sergeant; The School; The Great Hug; Our Work and Why We Do It; The Crisis; Cortes and Montezuma; The New Music; The Zombies; The King of Jazz; Morning; The Death of Edward Lear; The Abduction from the Seraglio; On the Steps of the Conservatory; The Leap; Aria; The Emerald; How I Write My Songs; The Farewell; The Emperor; Thailand; Heroes; Bishop; Grandmother's House
The dead father by
Donald Barthelme(
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68 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Dead Father is a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical, wise, vain, powerful being who still has hopes for himself--even while he is being dragged by means of a cable toward a mysterious goal. In this extraordinary novel, marked by the imaginative use of language that influenced a generation of fiction writers, Donald Barthelme offered a glimpse into his fictional universe. As Donald Antrim writes in his introduction, "Reading The Dead Father, one has the sense that its author enjoys an almost complete artistic freedom ... a permission to reshape, misrepresent, or even ignore the world as we find it ... Laughing along with its author, we escape anxiety and feel alive."
68 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Dead Father is a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical, wise, vain, powerful being who still has hopes for himself--even while he is being dragged by means of a cable toward a mysterious goal. In this extraordinary novel, marked by the imaginative use of language that influenced a generation of fiction writers, Donald Barthelme offered a glimpse into his fictional universe. As Donald Antrim writes in his introduction, "Reading The Dead Father, one has the sense that its author enjoys an almost complete artistic freedom ... a permission to reshape, misrepresent, or even ignore the world as we find it ... Laughing along with its author, we escape anxiety and feel alive."
Snow White by
Donald Barthelme(
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109 editions published between 1965 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 1,386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novel of the absurd, paraphrasing the familiar fairy tale. Modern setting
109 editions published between 1965 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 1,386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novel of the absurd, paraphrasing the familiar fairy tale. Modern setting
City life by
Donald Barthelme(
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68 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 1,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nouvelles extraites de deux recueils publiés en anglais sous les titres City life et Sadness, évoquant la vie citadine et son rythme chaotique, ses monstres et ses merveilles
68 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 1,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nouvelles extraites de deux recueils publiés en anglais sous les titres City life et Sadness, évoquant la vie citadine et son rythme chaotique, ses monstres et ses merveilles
Forty stories by
Donald Barthelme(
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51 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This companion volume to Barthelme's Sixty Stories contains some of his famous pieces, as well as nine recent stories previously uncollected. These funny, ludicruous stories follow the emotional logic of a dream. Its characters are located in the precise place where the weight of history intrudes on the present. We overhear the Goethe browbeating on obsequious Eckermann, and enjoy a tumultuous affair in an unnamed European capital. In "The Educational Experience," students are guided through exhibits. "At the Tolstoy Museum" is a comic and touching romp that emphasizes the pull of the past and the confusion of the present. "Visitors" is about a man called Bishop who stays up all night looking after his daughter, who is ill. "Construction" is a meditation by a businessman on his long-range plan. Other stories include "Bluebeard," "Sentence," and "Porcupines at the University." ISBN-0-399-13299-6 : $17.95
51 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This companion volume to Barthelme's Sixty Stories contains some of his famous pieces, as well as nine recent stories previously uncollected. These funny, ludicruous stories follow the emotional logic of a dream. Its characters are located in the precise place where the weight of history intrudes on the present. We overhear the Goethe browbeating on obsequious Eckermann, and enjoy a tumultuous affair in an unnamed European capital. In "The Educational Experience," students are guided through exhibits. "At the Tolstoy Museum" is a comic and touching romp that emphasizes the pull of the past and the confusion of the present. "Visitors" is about a man called Bishop who stays up all night looking after his daughter, who is ill. "Construction" is a meditation by a businessman on his long-range plan. Other stories include "Bluebeard," "Sentence," and "Porcupines at the University." ISBN-0-399-13299-6 : $17.95
Sadness by
Donald Barthelme(
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38 editions published between 1972 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Short stories, chiefly reprinted from the New Yorker
38 editions published between 1972 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Short stories, chiefly reprinted from the New Yorker
Paradise by
Barthelme Donald(
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30 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,076 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Simon, a fifty-three-year-old Philadelphia architect, is given a year to do as he wishes. He lives in a bare apartment, thinking back on his life and work. A complex relationship develops when he becomes involved with three younger women
30 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,076 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Simon, a fifty-three-year-old Philadelphia architect, is given a year to do as he wishes. He lives in a bare apartment, thinking back on his life and work. A complex relationship develops when he becomes involved with three younger women
Amateurs by
Donald Barthelme(
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28 editions published between 1976 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
28 editions published between 1976 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Great days by
Donald Barthelme(
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25 editions published between 1970 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short stories in Barthelme's original, inimitable style, this reveals his mastery of the kaleidoscopic ideas, impressions, innuendos, falling into focus and then changing, changing, and changing
25 editions published between 1970 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,043 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of short stories in Barthelme's original, inimitable style, this reveals his mastery of the kaleidoscopic ideas, impressions, innuendos, falling into focus and then changing, changing, and changing
Guilty pleasures by
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28 editions published between 1974 and 1995 in English and Japanese and held by 1,022 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of parodies, political satires, fables and generally delightful odds and ends."--Cover, p. [4]
28 editions published between 1974 and 1995 in English and Japanese and held by 1,022 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A collection of parodies, political satires, fables and generally delightful odds and ends."--Cover, p. [4]
Unspeakable practices, unnatural acts by
Donald Barthelme(
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49 editions published between 1968 and 2004 in 7 languages and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
49 editions published between 1968 and 2004 in 7 languages and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Come back, Dr. Caligari by
Donald Barthelme(
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39 editions published between 1944 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 952 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 stories displaying a Surrealist humor
39 editions published between 1944 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 952 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 stories displaying a Surrealist humor
The king by
Donald Barthelme(
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40 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Dunkirk has fallen, the Americans have not yet entered the war, and King Arthur and his Knights of the Table Round are hip-deep in the fighting. Churchill and the new chaps think they are running things. A re-telling of Le Morte d́ʹArthur. . . sublime comedy and dark romance."--Publisher's description
40 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Dunkirk has fallen, the Americans have not yet entered the war, and King Arthur and his Knights of the Table Round are hip-deep in the fighting. Churchill and the new chaps think they are running things. A re-telling of Le Morte d́ʹArthur. . . sublime comedy and dark romance."--Publisher's description
Overnight to many distant cities by
Donald Barthelme(
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22 editions published between 1983 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... Donald Barthelme's new collection ... takes us from New York to Tokyo to Copenhagen to Barcelona to Paris to the Radiant City of Le Corbusier, balancing twelve of his widely celebrated short stories against an equal number of brief visionary texts, new in his work, that provide a lovely, haunting counterpoint"--Jacket
22 editions published between 1983 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... Donald Barthelme's new collection ... takes us from New York to Tokyo to Copenhagen to Barcelona to Paris to the Radiant City of Le Corbusier, balancing twelve of his widely celebrated short stories against an equal number of brief visionary texts, new in his work, that provide a lovely, haunting counterpoint"--Jacket
The teachings of Don B. : satires, parodies, fables, illustrated stories, and plays of Donald Barthelme by
Donald Barthelme(
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21 editions published between 1992 and 2018 in English and held by 634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first installment of Barthelme's complete oeuvre contains a compilation of short pieces and plays. Together they form a witty melange, entertaining and at the same time a substantial literary entree to be savored. Many of the works collected here defy classification. Barthelme himself was known to label a piece of writing a "whatchacallit." In the brief format of parodies and satires, Barthelme pokes fun at persons ranging from respondents to personals ads to a newly elected president. He also includes three previously unpublished plays: "The Friends of the Family," "The Conservatory," and "Snow White"; and profiles of T.S. Eliot, Django Reinhardt, Susan Sontag, and Willem de Kooning. Each piece reveals the author's piercing humor and brilliant observation. ISBN 0-679-40982-3: $25.00
21 editions published between 1992 and 2018 in English and held by 634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first installment of Barthelme's complete oeuvre contains a compilation of short pieces and plays. Together they form a witty melange, entertaining and at the same time a substantial literary entree to be savored. Many of the works collected here defy classification. Barthelme himself was known to label a piece of writing a "whatchacallit." In the brief format of parodies and satires, Barthelme pokes fun at persons ranging from respondents to personals ads to a newly elected president. He also includes three previously unpublished plays: "The Friends of the Family," "The Conservatory," and "Snow White"; and profiles of T.S. Eliot, Django Reinhardt, Susan Sontag, and Willem de Kooning. Each piece reveals the author's piercing humor and brilliant observation. ISBN 0-679-40982-3: $25.00
The slightly irregular fire engine; or, The hithering thithering djinn by
Donald Barthelme(
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8 editions published between 1971 and 2006 in English and held by 517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Relates Mathilda's adventures in the Chinese house that grew in her back yard. Collage illustrations made from nineteenth-century engravings
8 editions published between 1971 and 2006 in English and held by 517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Relates Mathilda's adventures in the Chinese house that grew in her back yard. Collage illustrations made from nineteenth-century engravings
Flying to America : 45 more stories by
Donald Barthelme(
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12 editions published between 2007 and 2018 in English and held by 501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Barthelme (1931-1989) was one of the great 20th-century American absurdists. The 45 stories in this collection include stories Barthelme himself excluded from his two major collections and little that went previously unpublished. Packed with whimsical facts, Emma Green Is 81, which was the lead story in Barthelme's first book, concerns the verbose narrator's testy desire that Emma continue to finance the Journal of Tension Reduction, of which he is the editor
12 editions published between 2007 and 2018 in English and held by 501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Barthelme (1931-1989) was one of the great 20th-century American absurdists. The 45 stories in this collection include stories Barthelme himself excluded from his two major collections and little that went previously unpublished. Packed with whimsical facts, Emma Green Is 81, which was the lead story in Barthelme's first book, concerns the verbose narrator's testy desire that Emma continue to finance the Journal of Tension Reduction, of which he is the editor
The best American short stories, 1986(
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2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Basil from her garden / Donald Barthelme -- Gryphon / Charles Baxter -- Janus / Ann Beattie -- The convict / Janes Lee Burke -- Star food / Ethan Canin -- Gossip / Frank Conroy --Communist / Richard Ford -- Bad company / Tess Gallagher -- Today will be a quiet day / Amy Hempel -- Doe season / David Michael Kaplan -- Three thousand dollars / David Lipsky -- Sportsmen / Thomas McGuane -- All my relations / Christopher McIlroy -- Monsieur les deux chapeaux / Alice Munro
2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Basil from her garden / Donald Barthelme -- Gryphon / Charles Baxter -- Janus / Ann Beattie -- The convict / Janes Lee Burke -- Star food / Ethan Canin -- Gossip / Frank Conroy --Communist / Richard Ford -- Bad company / Tess Gallagher -- Today will be a quiet day / Amy Hempel -- Doe season / David Michael Kaplan -- Three thousand dollars / David Lipsky -- Sportsmen / Thomas McGuane -- All my relations / Christopher McIlroy -- Monsieur les deux chapeaux / Alice Munro
The Best American short stories, 1979(
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2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Short stories of 1979
2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Short stories of 1979
Robert Rauschenberg : work from four series, a sesquicentennial exhibition by
Robert Rauschenberg(
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4 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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American fiction Apartment houses Architects Arthurian romances Authors, American Barth, John Barthelme, Donald Borges, Jorge Luis, Brautigan, Richard Burroughs, William S., Conroy, Frank, Coover, Robert Ellison, Ralph Experimental fiction Experimental fiction, American Fatherhood Fathers and sons Fathers--Death Federman, Raymond Gaddis, William, Gaines, Ernest J., Gass, William H., Hawkes, John, Heller, Joseph Kesey, Ken Kosinski, Jerzy, Mailer, Norman Malamud, Bernard Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, New York (State)--New York Parody Percy, Walker, Piercy, Marge Plath, Sylvia Political satire Postmodernism (Literature) Purdy, James Pynchon, Thomas Roommates Roth, Philip Runaway husbands Short stories, American Short story Snow White (Tale) Sontag, Susan, Sukenick, Ronald United States Updike, John Vonnegut, Kurt Young women
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Bartelʹmi, Donalʹd
Barthelme Donald
Barthelme, Donald, Jr.
Donald Barthelme
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Donald Barthelme Amerikaans schrijver (1931-1989)
Donald Barthelme amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Donald Barthelme amerykański pisarz
Donald Barthelme écrivain américain
Donald Barthelme scrittore e giornalista statunitense
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Donalds Bartelms
Дональд Бартелмі
Дональд Бартельм
Դոնալդ Բարտելմ
דונלד ברתלמי
دونالد بارتلمی
바셀미, 도날드 1931-1989
바셀미, 도널드 1931-1989
ドナルド・バーセルミ
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唐纳德·巴塞尔姆
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