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Experimentationwiththe"absurd,"bothinthemeandtechnique,isbynomeansatotallynewdevelopmentinliterature,especiallyforthosereadersfamiliarwiththeworksofCamus,Kafka,Beckett,Gen那t,andRobbe-Grillet.Likethesewriters,Mr.Barthelmesatirizesandmimicsmostoftheclich谷sofourpopularculture,and,throughthepredicamentsofhischaracters,makesthereaderask"Why?"Yetthesepredicaments,althoughbizarre,inane,andusuallysurrealistic,donotnecessarilycontainthemoroseconnotationsofmostwritersoftheabsurd.Forexample,inalethenarratoristhirty-fiveyearsold,sixfeettall,withthelogicandreasoningofanadult.Heisinthesixthgrade,whereMissMandible,histeacher,isfrustratedinherdesirestohaveanaffairwithhimbecause,officially,heisachild!
Theseimaginativestoriesofdarkhumor,someofwhichhaveappearedinTheNewYorker,aretobeinterpretedonmanylevels,andofferrefreshingandthoroughlyexcitingreading.
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