The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor
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The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 1992
The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor written by John Barth and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Fiction categories.
A National Book Award winner offers his most inventive novel to date. Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a sea-going adventure. Over the course of six evenings, Behler and another take turns recounting their voyages in a brilliantly entertaining weave of stories within stories. "Filled with white nights and golden days . . . lyrical, fresh and sprightly".--Washington Post.
The Tidewater Tales
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1997-02-15
The Tidewater Tales written by John Barth and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-15 with Fiction categories.
Barth's richest, most joyous novel yet describes a couple's journey on the Chesapeake Bay, a cruise that overflows with stories--of past lives and love, entanglements with the CIA and toxic waste, and inventive brushes with Don Quixote, Odysseus and Scheherazade.
Every Third Thought
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Every Third Thought written by John Barth and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with Fiction categories.
John Barth stays true to form in Every Third Thought, written from the perspective of a character Barth introduced in his short story collection The Development. George I. Newett and his wife Amanda Todd lived in the gated community of Heron Bay Estates until its destruction by a fluke tornado. This event, Newett notes, occurred on the 77th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash, a detail that would appear insignificant if it were not for several subsequent events. The stress of the tornado's devastation prompts the Newett–Todds to depart on a European vacation, during which George suffers a fall on none other than his 77th birthday, the first day of autumn (or more cryptically, fall). Following this coincidence, George experiences the first of what is to become five serial visions, each appearing to him on the first day of the ensuing seasons, and each corresponding to a pivotal event in that season of his life. As the novel unfolds, so do these uncanny coincidences, and it is clear that, as ever, Barth possesses an unmatched talent in balancing his characteristic style and wit with vivid, page–turning storytelling.
Cease Firing
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Author : Mary Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Cease Firing written by Mary Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with United States categories.
Sot Weed Factor
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Essentials
Release Date : 2022-08-09
Sot Weed Factor written by John Barth and has been published by Dalkey Archive Essentials this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-09 with Fiction categories.
This is Barth's most distinguished masterpiece. This modern classic is a hilarious tribute to all the most insidious human vices, with a hero who is one of the most diverting . . . to roam the world since Candide. A feast. Dense, funny, endlessly inventive (and, OK, yes, long-winded) this satire of the eighteenth-century picaresque novel--think Fielding's Tom Jones or Sterne's Tristram Shandy--is also an earnest picture of the pitfalls awaiting innocence as it makes its unsteady way in the world. It's the late seventeenth century and Ebenezer Cooke is a poet, dutiful son and determined virgin who travels from England to Maryland to take possession of his father's tobacco (or sot weed) plantation. He is also eventually given to believe that he has been commissioned by the third Lord Baltimore to write an epic poem, The Marylandiad. But things are not always what they seem. Actually, things are almost never what they seem. Not since Candide has a steadfast soul witnessed so many strange scenes or faced so many perils. Pirates, Indians, shrewd prostitutes, armed insurrectionists--Cooke endures them all, plus assaults on his virginity from both women and men. Barth's language is impossibly rich, a wickedly funny take on old English rhetoric and American self-appraisals. For good measure he throws in stories within stories, including the funniest retelling of the Pocahontas tale--revealed to us in the 'secret' journals of Capt. John Smith--that anyone has ever dared to tell. --Time
The Strange Last Voyage Of Donald Crowhurst
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Author : Nicholas Tomalin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-12-29
The Strange Last Voyage Of Donald Crowhurst written by Nicholas Tomalin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
'A masterpiece.' New Yorker 'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard 'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday Times In 1968, Donald Crowhurst was trying to market a nautical navigation device he had developed, and saw the Sunday Times Golden Globe round the world sailing race as the perfect opportunity to showcase his product. Few people knew that he wasn't an experienced deep-water sailor. His progress was so slow that he decided to short-cut the journey, while falsifying his location through radio messages from his supposed course. Everyone following the race thought that he was winning, and a hero's welcome awaited him at home in Britain. But on 10 July 1968, eight months after he set off, his wife was told that his boat had been discovered drifting in mid-Atlantic. Crowhurst was missing, assumed drowned, and there was much speculation that this was one of the great mysteries of the sea. In this masterpiece of investigative journalism, Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall reconstruct one of the greatest hoaxes of our time. From in-depth interviews with Crowhurst's family and friends and telling excerpts from his logbooks, Tomalin and Hall develop a tale of tragic self-delusion and public deception, a haunting portrait of a complex, deeply troubled man and his journey into the heart of darkness.
Final Fridays
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2012-04-10
Final Fridays written by John Barth and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with Literary Collections categories.
For decades, acclaimed author John Barth has strayed from his Monday–through–Thursday–morning routine of fiction–writing and dedicated Friday mornings to the muse of nonfiction. The result is Final Fridays, his third essay collection, following The Friday Book (1984) and Further Fridays (1995). Sixteen years and six novels since his last volume of non–fiction, Barth delivers yet another remarkable work comprised of 27 insightful essays. With pieces covering everything from reading, writing, and the state of the art, to tributes to writer–friends and family members, this collection is witty and engaging throughout. Barth's "unaffected love of learning" (San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle) and "joy in thinking that becomes contagious" (Washington Post), shine through in this third, and, with an implied question mark, final essay collection.
The Friday Book
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Author : John Barth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Friday Book written by John Barth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture categories.
"...The Friday Book was the first work of nonfiction by novelist John Barth, author of The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, and Chimera. Taking its title from the day of the week Barth would devote to nonfiction, the three dozen essays discuss a wide range of topics from the blue crabs of Barth's beloved Chesapeake Bay to weighty literary subjects such as Borges, Homer, and semiotics..."--www.amazon.com.
New York Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-02-04
New York Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-02-04 with categories.
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket
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Author : Edgar Allan Poe
language : en
Publisher: SAMPI Books
Release Date : 2024-02-05
The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket written by Edgar Allan Poe and has been published by SAMPI Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-05 with Fiction categories.
"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", a story by Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the adventure of Pym, who embarks clandestinely on a whaler. After a mutiny and various adversities, including cannibalism and natural disasters, the story culminates in a mysterious and inconclusive encounter at the South Pole.