{"product_id":"sixty-stories-9781250420312","title":"Sixty Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSixty Stories\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Barthelme's most famous works and hidden gems--a dazzling, subversive collection where language bends, reality warps, and the absurd reigns supreme.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith these subversive, razor-sharp stories, Donald Barthelme dismantles the familiar and rearranges it into something dazzlingly strange. \u003ci\u003eSixty Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary fun house where language is bent, meaning is slippery, and the absurd is never far from the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, the ordinary mutates into the uncanny--an enormous balloon hovers over the city, its purpose debated by those below; a classroom lesson spirals into something darker and more profound; two men locked in a Cold War bunker teeter on the edge of madness. Elsewhere, a friend struggles to coax the Phantom of the Opera out of his shadowy refuge, and an entire town is made up of nothing but churches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarthelme moves effortlessly between deadpan satire, dream logic, and moments of startling beauty, crafting stories that are as unsettling as they are irresistible. Whether you're encountering his work for the first time or returning for another descent into his linguistic labyrinth, \u003ci\u003eSixty Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to a writer who saw the world askew--and showed us how thrilling that could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Barthelme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.46w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250420312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Barthelme\u003c\/b\u003e (1931-1989) was a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a National Book Award, a director of PEN and the Authors Guild, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His sixteen books--including \u003ci\u003eSnow White\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCity Life--\u003c\/i\u003esubstantially redefined American short fiction for our time.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Donald Barthelme \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48483707682973,"sku":"9781250420312","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8474a439-7ec6-4e9a-9f45-02ecf2a59bc5.jpg?v=1782288768","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/sixty-stories-9781250420312","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}