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Basically, [Barth] takes several people from his early novels and has them all starting to write to each other, and to him, their letters and experiences directing the plot. And what starts out as what could be a too-cute literary trick winds up being extremely revealing, as the characters pour themselves into the letters, regardless of whom they're writing to, as the plot skips and slips through time. On one level it acts as a sequel to those early novels, continuing their stories and although

Author

Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller

Publisher

THE BELKNAP PRESS

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780673526366

Updated

2026-03-25