{"product_id":"lost-in-the-funhouse-paperback","title":"Lost in the Funhouse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Barth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection. As the characters search, each in his own way, for their purpose and the meaning of their existence, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Funhouse\u003c\/i\u003e takes on a hiliarious, often moving significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Barth\u003c\/b\u003e was born on May 27, 1930, in Cambridge, Maryland. As a student at Johns Hopkins University he was fascinated by Oriental tale-cycles and medieval collections, a body of literature that would later influence his own writing. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins in 1951 and his MA in 1952. He has held professorships at Pennsylvania State University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Boston University, and taught in the English and creative writing programs at Johns Hopkins. Barth's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Floating Opera\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), was nominated for the National Book Award. \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Road\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) was also critically praised. In 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Sot-Weed Factor\u003c\/i\u003e--a comic historical novel--established Barth's reputation. \u003ci\u003eGiles Goat-Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) was a huge critical and commercial success, after which he revised and republished his first three novels. \u003ci\u003eLost in the Funhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of interconnected stories, earned him a second nomination for the National Book Award. His other works are \u003ci\u003eChimera\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), a collection of three novellas, which won the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eLetters\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), an epistolary novel; \u003ci\u003eSabbatical: A Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1982); and \u003ci\u003eThe Friday Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), a collection of essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.53 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687522439231,"sku":"9780385240871","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b19dbae9ed3b456555274e5ef5c564e5.webp?v=1764978888","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/lost-in-the-funhouse-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}