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Chimera

John Barth author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:2nd Nov '23

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A National Book Award winner, this bawdy, comic trio of novellas finds John Barth injecting his signature wit into three tales many times told: that of Scheherazade, storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights; of Perseus, slayer of Medusa; and of Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera.

"Rich, hilarious [. . .] There's every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius."—Playboy

ISBN: 9781628974454

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

302 pages