OVERNIGHT TO MANY DISTANT CITIES by Barthelme, Donald - 1983

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The seventh collection of short stories from the award-winning Barthelme, one of the great short story writers of the 20th century, whose short, fragmented pieces have been described as "postmodernist surrealism." This collection alternates twelve of Barthelme's short stories with an equal number of brief pieces that might be described as "dream-like" or "visionary," often about art. First Printing, First Edition Thus (many of these stories originally appeared in "The New Yorker). About 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 174 pages in blue paper-covered boards with darker blue-cloth back strip with gold lettering on spine. Upper corner of front board very lightly bumped, tiny dent in lower edge of back board, o/w boards are free of flaws or damage. Remainder mark on top edge of text and all text edges moderately foxed, o/w text is complete, clean and unmarked, no creasing or tearing. Dustjacket's front flap creased; a quarter-inch, tape-repaired tear in upper edge of front panel, o/w only minimal surface and edgewear. Makes a very decent reading/study copy.