Lost in the Funhouse is a collection of short stories written by John Barth. Released in 1968, it collects several extremely inventive short stories.
Stories within[]
- Frame-tale
- Night-sea Journey
- Ambrose His Mark
- Autobiography
- Water-message
- Petititon
- Lost in the Funhouse
- Echo
- Two Meditations
- Title
- Glossolalia
- Life-story
- Menelaiad
- Anonymiad
Publisher's summary[]
Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimera | John Barth | 1972 | A book by the same author with similar themes |
| Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way | David Foster Wallace | 1989 | A novella inspired by this collection |
| Ficciones | Jorge Luis Borges | 1941-1956 | A collection that possibly inspired this collection |
| On Moral Fiction | John Gardner | 1978 | A collection of essays that partially criticize this collection |
| More Pricks than Kicks | Samuel Beckett | 1934 | A collection that possibly inspired this collection |
| Nine Stories | Vladimir Nabokov | 1947 | A collection that possibly inspired this collection |