by Donald Barthelme, Dave Eggers · Penguin USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141180946
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«Forty Stories» is a collection of short stories by Donald Barthelme and Dave Eggers, published by Penguin USA in paperback (256 pages, in English).
This volume complements «Sixty Stories» and brings together forty short tales. Barthelme portrays idiosyncratic, haughty and often absurd human behaviors with prose in which style prevails over plot; it includes wordplay and scenes of modern life, from courtship to divorce.
«Forty Stories» was originally published in 1987; the 2005 edition corresponds to number 139 of Penguin Modern Classics.
For readers of short fiction and contemporary American narrative who appreciate experimental prose and ironic humor.
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
