Bibliograph

Forty stories, Donald Barthelme ; introduction by Dave Eggers

Type

Label

Forty stories, Donald Barthelme ; introduction by Dave Eggers

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Forty stories

Oclc number

60931520

Responsibility statement

Donald Barthelme ; introduction by Dave Eggers

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

Offers a collection of tales that reflects society's foibles, including, "At The Tolstoy Museum," "Sentence," and "Porcupines at the University"

Table Of Contents

Chablis -- On the deck -- The genius -- Opening -- Sindbad -- The explanation -- Concerning the bodyguard -- Rif -- The palace at four A.M. -- Jaws -- Conversations with Goethe -- Affection -- The new owner -- Paul Klee -- Terminus -- The educational experience -- Bluebeard -- Departures -- Visitors -- The wounds -- At the Tolstoy Museum -- The flight of pigeons from the palace -- A few moments of sleeping and waking -- The temptation of St. Anthony -- Sentence -- Pepperoni -- Some of us had been threatening our friend Colby -- Lightning -- The catechist -- Porcupines at the university -- Sakrete -- Captain Blood -- 110 West Sixty-first Street -- The film -- Overnight to many distant cities -- Construction -- Letters to the editore -- Great days -- The baby -- January

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator