A Shower of Gold (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Donald Barthelme
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Art or artists, Cats, Television or television broadcasting, Presidents, Life, philosophy of, Sculpting or sculptors
- Locales: New York, NY
“A Shower of Gold,” one of the works from Barthelme's first collection of short stories, is a meditation on themes developed most fully by the existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whose influence on American thought was especially strong in the 1950's and 1960's. The story has more of a plot than do many of Barthelme's works, and it has a somewhat recognizable situation; its departures from reality are in the twists of situation and in the episodic interruptions by seemingly unconnected characters and plot developments.
The protagonist, a struggling New York artist...
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