Jan 1, 2010

Views of My Father Weeping | Views of My Father Weeping

At a glance:

Author: Donald Barthelme
First Published: 1970
Type of Plot: Antistory
Time of Work: A timeless present
Setting: Unspecified
Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator, Lars Bang, A little girl
Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
Subjects: Parents and children, Emotions, Fathers, Accidents, Death or dying, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Sympathy

The Story

In “Views of My Father Weeping,” there is no realistic plot line based in the conventions of cause and effect and set in some existing time and space. Rather, Donald Barthelme presents the reader with a story about the supposed death of a narrator's father combined with interlineations that present alternating views of a father weeping. To complicate the matter even further, the story about the death of the father may or may not be true because the coachman, who storifies the experience, is reported to be a “bloody liar.” In addition, the juxtaposition in the...

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Views of My Father Weeping | Views of My Father Weeping

At a glance:

The Story

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