The Floating Opera / The End Of The Road by John Barth
A two-part work follows a reflective protagonist through mid‑20th‑century American life as he grapples with questions of meaning, value, and whether life is worth living; the first section presents a coolly analytical meditation on morality and the impulse toward suicide, while the second extends those concerns into the consequences of choice, identity, and relationships, using dark humor and self‑aware storytelling to probe existential uncertainty and the limits of philosophical systems.
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- Published
- 1956
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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- The End of the Road
- The Floating Opera
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