581. Come Back, Dr. Caligari

Come Back Dr. Caligari
Donald Barthelme
1964

Around 185 pages

Another collection of short stories, but I actually find postmodernism much easier to swallow this way. 

Here we get fourteen short stories, each featuring absurd situations and characters. A few of these stories really stand out, others not so much. I really do think with absurdism, you have to keep it short and sweet. That's why The Nose and A Modest Proposal slap so hard. Barthelme does a good job with this format, even if it was a little uneven.

Just kind of meh, but we've had so many clunkers lately, I'll take it.

RATING: ***--

Interesting Facts:

Barthelme was married four times.

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