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Snow White
Snow White
Author: Donald Barthelme
An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an incisive and biting commentary on the absurdities and complexities of modern life.
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ISBN-13: 9780684824796
ISBN-10: 0684824795
Publication Date: 5/30/1996
Pages: 192
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  • Currently 2.2/5 Stars.
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2.2 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Touchstone
Book Type: Paperback
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  • Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
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Usually I enjoy Donald Barthelme's writing, but this was a little too weird for me. The writing was fractured - a mix between stream-of-consciousness and seemingly-drug-induced observations. It's not so much a modern-day fairy tale as it is a woman and her roommates and flashes of seconds in their home.

I suggest Donald Barthelme's short stories instead, most especially, "Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby." He's brilliant with satire and dark humor.
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A perverse twist on a classic fairy tale.


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