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The great thing about this book is that it contains forty stories (hence the title), but those stories can take only a few minutes to read. Many of them stick with you long after you've read them. I know I came across the story about Paul Klee (painter and also, apparently, drafted German soldier during WWI) in a literature anthology in high school, and that was my introduction to Donald Barthelme. It's in this collection, as is "At The Tolstoy Museum" and meanderings with Goethe, a precocious baby who rips pages out of books, and countless other memorable characters and scenarios. As Dave Eggers says in the intro, you'll be reading these stories and have to stop because they inspire you to try your hand at Barthelme's post-modern fiction. But Barthelme is the master, and a tough act to follow. You might want to keep your imitations and knockoffs in a separate file on your computer, lest you run across the rare creature known as the "Barthelme expert" who can destroy your confidence in your work simply by looking at it. Or maybe you've written something that Barthelme himself would like, who knows? The fact is, this is a must-read if you want to know why twentieth-century American literature is just so odd and weird.


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Forty Stories Penguin Classics Donald Barthelme Dave Eggers Books Reviews

While very challenging and insightful, I found many of the stories to be superficially "cute" and a little self-indulgent. Not as satisfying as I thought it would be.
Wonderful book. Very funny!
Fascinating writing, often unexpected.
All I can bear is to listen to Erik Satie in the early afternoon. Bartheleme has ruined everything. Best read "Rock Springs" by Richard Ford.
I find Barthelme to be funny, witty, and surprising which to me equals entertainment. Be warned, though, this is that beyond post-modern almost gonzo fiction stuff that some may find confusing or downright ridiculous. You either dig it or you don't, so read a sample first.
My personal favorite collection of short stories from Barthelme. If you have never read him before, this is hands down the collection to begin with Barthelme at his most Barthelmesque.
Utter nonsense or great literature? You ask yourself this while reading. It's like when someone glues a bottle cap to a wall and says it's art and charges $200,000.00 for it. In THIS case, it IS great art and I have found myself reading this book over and over and over through the years.
The great thing about this book is that it contains forty stories (hence the title), but those stories can take only a few minutes to read. Many of them stick with you long after you've read them. I know I came across the story about Paul Klee (painter and also, apparently, drafted German soldier during WWI) in a literature anthology in high school, and that was my introduction to Donald Barthelme. It's in this collection, as is "At The Tolstoy Museum" and meanderings with Goethe, a precocious baby who rips pages out of books, and countless other memorable characters and scenarios. As Dave Eggers says in the intro, you'll be reading these stories and have to stop because they inspire you to try your hand at Barthelme's post-modern fiction. But Barthelme is the master, and a tough act to follow. You might want to keep your imitations and knockoffs in a separate file on your computer, lest you run across the rare creature known as the "Barthelme expert" who can destroy your confidence in your work simply by looking at it. Or maybe you've written something that Barthelme himself would like, who knows? The fact is, this is a must-read if you want to know why twentieth-century American literature is just so odd and weird.