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R.I.P. John Barth. A most original and challenging author, creator of the quote embedded in a quote embedded in a quote embedded in a quote embedded in a quote embedded in a quote embedded in a quote (see his story Menelaiad, collected in his magnificent Lost in the Funhouse).
@TheLuisPanini My copy of The Sot-Weed Factor from Dalkey mocks me from a nearby shelf. Or calls to me.
@TheLuisPanini I love the way in which his fiction, even at its most experimental, is all about having fun and playing around with narratives. He refused to be “serious.”
@TheLuisPanini I know he was old but this sucks. I loved his storytelling and his absurd sense of humor.
@TheLuisPanini Don't care whether he was a postmodernist. He was funny. His books were funny. And generally too long.
@TheLuisPanini Wow. Pynchon, Coover ... anyone else still around from that world? Au revoir, postmodern novel.