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      Chimera

      by John Barth
      Published
      Aug 1972
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      320
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      A National Book Award winner, this bawdy, comic trio of novellas finds John Barth injecting his signature wit into three tales many times told: that of Scheherazade, storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights; of Perseus, slayer of Medusa; and of Bellerophon, rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera.

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      Jul 1981 Random House ISBN13 9780449237977 ISBN10 0449237974
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      Nov 1985 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449211137 ISBN10 0449211134
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      Nov 2001 Mariner ISBN13 9780618131709 ISBN10 0618131701
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      Dec 2015 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN13 9781628971286 ISBN10 1628971282
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      Jun 2023 Deep Vellum Publishing ISBN13 9781628974454 ISBN10 1628974451
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      First Edition Aug 1972 Random House ISBN13 9780394481395 ISBN10 0394481399
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      Jan 1972 Random House ISBN13 9780394481890 ISBN10 0394481895
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      Jan 1974 Deutsch ISBN13 9780233965512 ISBN10 0233965513
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      Oct 2022 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN10 B09Z5QLNSL
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      Oct 2011 Audible Studios ISBN10 B005TDZXP0
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