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stewreads's review
4.0
Barthelme was just as fascinating outside of his fiction as he was within it. I loved this glimpse at the man pulling the strings on some of the most inventive fiction ever written.
bibliocyclist's review against another edition
3.0
"He had seen people smile and thought he knew how it was done."
"The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made."
"We cannot dwell in the done-for."
"What is Nondiscernible today may be Painfully Obvious tomorrow."
"Charm, as Goethe said, is the dead green bug on the golden leaf of occasion."
"The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made."
"We cannot dwell in the done-for."
"What is Nondiscernible today may be Painfully Obvious tomorrow."
"Charm, as Goethe said, is the dead green bug on the golden leaf of occasion."
keef's review against another edition
3.0
The interviews are almost maddeningly unedited. The reviews of then-current movies are frustrating in their lack of topicality. But the early and uncollected nonfiction and fiction in this make the whole thing worthwhile.
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