logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code
The Floating Opera - John Barth
The Floating Opera
by: (author)
It's warm? It's entertaining? Well yes, true. It just swings along - sings, with gusto and life; there being this very odd man Todd Andrews living in an oyster-and-crab town in the Chesapeake tidewater country and he's going to commit (not so: he's not going to commit) suicide. And there's this... show more
It's warm? It's entertaining? Well yes, true. It just swings along - sings, with gusto and life; there being this very odd man Todd Andrews living in an oyster-and-crab town in the Chesapeake tidewater country and he's going to commit (not so: he's not going to commit) suicide. And there's this beautiful girl he sleeps with, on loan from her husband; and the old men (real
show less
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Pages no: 247
Edition language: English
Bookstores:
Community Reviews
Gatta ci cova
Gatta ci cova rated it
3.0
Ho letto accelerando (per quanto possibile) l’attività cerebrale perché mi chiedevi di capire rapidamente “ora” - che in quel preciso istante era ormai un inesorabile “allora” - dato che forse non saresti vissuto sino alla fine del capitolo. Allo stesso modo avrei potuto avere lo stesso destino io, ...
Tower of Iron Will
Tower of Iron Will rated it
4.0
A kind of shady lawyer spends his spare time trying to understand why his father committed suicide and why he should not follow his example. It takes him the whole novel to realize the simple nihilistic truth that if there is no reason to do anything there is no reason to kill yourself. Surprising...
Other editions (10)
Books by John Barth
On shelves
Share this Book
Need help?