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The Floating Opera is a novel by American writer John Barth, first published in 1956 and significantly revised in 1967. Barth's first published work, the existentialist and nihilist story is a first-person account of a day when protagonist Todd Andrews contemplates suicide.
25 de sept. de 2023 · A humorous existential novel by John Barth about a lawyer who tries to end his life by blowing up a floating opera boat. The story explores his indifferent and cynical view of life through flashbacks and irony.
Published in 1956, The Floating Opera is a literary novel by John Barth. Barth’s first novel, The Floating Opera focuses on Todd Andrews as he makes plans to commit suicide in the late 1930s, utilizing first-person nonlinear storytelling and humor to meditate on life and death.
The Floating Opera. John Barth. 3.87. 2,863 ratings253 reviews. Barth's first novel chronicles one day in the life of Todd Andrews, a day on which he makes a very important decision. Genres Fiction Classics Novels Literature American Literary Fiction The United States Of America. ...more. 240 pages, Mass Market Paperback.
19 de ene. de 2018 · La ópera flotante plantea, de la mano de su protagonista y narrador, la escritura sobre las numerosas circunstancias que afectan al hecho de escribir, e intenta especular sobre el dilema acerca de si se escribe como se vive o se vive como se escribe.
Título original: The floating opera. Año de publicación: 1956. Traducción: Marcelo Covián. Valoración: muy recomendable. Al rellenar la pequeña ficha sobre el libro que hay sobre estas líneas, no he podido evitar detenerme unos segundos al comprobar que esta novela lleva más de sesenta años publicada.
The Floating Opera. John Barth. Secker & Warburg, 1968 - Fiction - 247 pages. Written when John Barth was 24 years old, The Floating Opera is his first novel, published in 1957. It is a...
