The Floating Opera and The End of the Road by John Barth

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The Floating Opera and The End of the Road

by John Barth

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some interesting ideas and paradigms of the characters, but zero color (no atmospheric details, all narration is subservient to the plot) and linguistic fireworks, which is what I look for in a book. (

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1957 (The Floating Opera)

1958 (The End Of The Road)

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The Floating Opera and The End Of The Road are John Barth's first two novels. Their relationship to each other is evident not only in their ribald subject matter but in the eccentric characters and bitterly humorous tone of the narratives. Both concern strange, consuming love triangles and the destructive effect of an overactive intellect on the emotions. Separately they give two very different views of a universal human drama.

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