Dead Father, the (1975) [Novel]
by Donald Barthelme
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A quintessentially post-modern novel, DF follows a group of travellers as they drag their "dead father" (a curiously dead god... curious because he is only sort of dead). A metaphor for the burden left behind by the cultural revolutions of the 1960s, it has inspired numerous immitators. Embedded within the novel is Barthelme's famous short story "A Manual for Sons."
Original title: The Dead Father
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
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