{"product_id":"chimera-paperback-5","title":"Chimera - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Barth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA National Book Award winner, this bawdy, comic trio of novellas finds John Barth injecting his signature wit into three tales many times told: that of Scheherazade, storyteller of the \u003ci\u003eThousand and One Nights\u003c\/i\u003e; of Perseus, slayer of Medusa; and of Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Barth is our most celebrated postmodernist. From the appearance in 1956 of \u003ci\u003eThe Floating Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, his first published book, through the essay collection \u003ci\u003eFinal Fridays\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 2012, he has published at least two books in each of the seven decades spanning his writerly life thus far. Thrice nominated for the National Book Award--\u003ci\u003eThe Floating Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Funhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChimera\u003c\/i\u003e, which won in 1973--Barth has received the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Fiction, the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, and the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. A native of Maryland's Eastern Shore, he taught for twenty-two years in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. He now lives in Florida with his wife Shelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50405743722733,"sku":"9781628974454","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/chimera-paperback-5","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}