{"product_id":"not-knowing-paperback-by-donald-barthelme-1","title":"Not-Knowing Paperback by Donald Barthelme","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCounterpoint\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2008-01-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e352\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781593761738\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eThe wildly varied essays in \u003ci\u003eNot–Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e combine to form a posthumous manifesto of one of America's masters of literary experiment. Here are Barthelme's thoughts on writing (his own and others); his observations on art, architecture, film, and city life; interviews, including two previously unpublished; and meditations on everything from \u003ci\u003eSuperman III\u003c\/i\u003e to the art of rendering \"Melancholy Baby\" on jazz banjolele. This is a rich and eclectic selection of work by the man Robert Coover has called \"one of the great citizens of contemporary world letters.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Barthelme\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the National Book Award and is the author of over seventeen books, including \u003ci\u003eFlying to America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity Life\u003c\/i\u003e (one of \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Books of the Year), and \u003ci\u003eSixty Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. He was a founder of the renowned University of Houston Creative Writing Program, where he taught for many years. He died in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555975680161,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781593761738","price":16.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781593761738_9ff227ad-c61a-43f9-a0d8-0189830506a8.jpg?v=1781801934","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/not-knowing-paperback-by-donald-barthelme-1","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}