This ‘sense’ is not to be obtained by reading between the lines (for there is nothing there, in those white spaces), but by reading the lines themselves.
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‘Some people’, Miss R. said, ‘run to conceits or wisdom but I hold to the hard, brown, nutlike word. I might point out that there is enough aesthetic excitement here to satisfy anyone but a damned fool.’
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| Birth: | 7th April, 1931 |
| Death: | 23rd July, 1989 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Novelist, Professor |
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Donald Barthelme was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an American author, novelist, and professor. He also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, was managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. He is a professor at various universities. He produced four novels characterized by the same fragmentary style: Snow White, The Dead Father, Paradise, and The King.
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