Day Seventy

6/10

The Book: Snow White by Donald Barthelme

ISBN: 0-684-82479-5

Suggested By: Brandon Shuler

Where: Home

When: 12-12:30A

Music: None

Company: The Family

Pages: 168-187 (55)

The Lead In: Glad this is over. Thanks for nothing, Brandon.

The 411 on the 55: Bill is put on trial for a crime and found guilty, then hung by the remaining six. Paul dies drinking a drink intended for Snow White. Hogo replaces Bill in the house.

Line of the Day: “he was fond not of him but of the abstract notion that, to her, meant “him.” pg 186

The 20/20: Didn’t like it. Thought the book stunk. It was overly thought-out. It was trying too hard. Too much of an experiment, not enough novel.

The Fact on the Fiction:

“Q: Is the novel dead?
A: Oh yes. Very much so.
Q: What replaces it?
A: I should think that it is replaced by what existed before it was invented.
Q: The same thing?
A: The same sort of thing.
Q: Is the bicycle dead?” Scriptorium