Donald Barthelme-Come Back, Dr. Caligari-Little Brown & Co (P) (1971)

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1、Publisher:LittleBrown&Co(P)NumberOfPages:PublicationDate:1971-06SalesRank:1077628ISBN/ASIN:0316082546EAN:9780316082549Binding:PaperbackComeBack,Dr.CaligaribyDonaldBarthelmeBackCover:Experimentationwiththe"absurd,"bothinthemeandtechnique,isbynomeansatotallynewdevelopmentinliterature,especia

2、llyforthosereadersfamiliarwiththeworksofCamus,Kafka,Beckett,Genêt,andRobbe-Grillet.Likethesewriters,Mr.Barthelmesatirizesandmimicsmostoftheclichésofourpopularculture,and,throughthepredicamentsofhischaracters,makesthereaderask"Why?"Yetthesepredicaments,althoughbizarre,inane,andusuallysurrealistic,

3、donotnecessarilycontainthemoroseconnotationsofmostwritersoftheabsurd.Forexample,inonetalethenarratoristhirty-fiveyearsold,sixfeettall,withthelogicandreasoningofanadult.Heisinthesixthgrade,whereMissMandible,histeacher,isfrustratedinherdesirestohaveanaffairwithhimbecause,officially,heisachild!These

4、imaginativestoriesofdarkhumor,someofwhichhaveappearedinTheNewYorker,aretobeinterpretedonmanylevels,andofferrefreshingandthoroughlyexcitingreading."...atlonglast,forbetterorforworse,theAbsurdhasinthesepagesbeenequatedpreciselywiththeGoofy.Hardlyoneofthe14storiesendswithoutawrytwistproclaimingthate

5、venitsmetaphysicalprotesthasbeenallinfun."--TheNewYorkTimes"...Barthelmemanagestoevokethekindofthoughtfullaughterheislookingfor,thekindofastonishmentthatisastimulant.Hehascreatedcertaineffectsthatseemtobenewintheliteratureoftheabsurd,andthisgiveshimimportanceasanexperimentalist."--GranvilleHicks,

6、SaturdayReviewDonaldBarthelmeisathirty-two-year-oldTexannowlivinginNewYorkCity.Hehasworkedasanewspaperreporter,amagazineeditor,andamuseumdirector,andservedintheArmyinKoreaandJapan.Heiscurrentlymanagingeditoroftheart-literaryreview,Location,andisatworkonanovel.HisfictionhasappearedinTheNewYorker,C

7、ontact,NewWorldWriting,Harper'sBazaar,andothermagazines.COMEBACK,DR.CALIGARIwasoriginallypublishedbyLittle,BrownandCompanyin1964.TheAnchorBookseditionispublishedbyarrangementwithLittle,BrownandCompany.ANCHORBOOKSEDITIO