The Dead Father

A wildly imaginative, absurdist adventure that redefines the boundaries of fiction. In The Dead Father , Donald Barthelme crafts a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical being who, despite his condition, still clings to his hopes and vanities. This wise yet powerful figure is being dragged by a cable toward a mysterious goal, setting the stage for an extraordinary journey. Through the imaginative and inventive use of language that influenced a generation of writers, Barthelme offers r