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John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/books/john-barth-dead.html

John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93

His sprawling and boisterous novel “The Sot-Weed Factor,” published in 1960, projected him into the ranks of the country’s most innovative writers.

The New York Times
Apr 3, 2024 at 5:03pmWeb