DonaldBarthelme'snewbookofstories,GreatDays,isperhapsmostnotableforthepresenceofsevenformallyrelateddialogues,TheCrisis,TheApology,TheNewMusic,Morning,OntheStepsoftheConservatory,TheLeap,andGreatDays,whichintroduceanewaspectofhiswork.Intheserestless,possibility-hauntedcolloquies,strippedofeverythingsavevoices,changingpairsofwomenandpairsofmenrangeanemotionalterrainwhosepolesarehopeandmemory.Extravagant,profane,andcomic,thedialoguesareaconsiderableachievement,testingthepossibilitiesofformandextendingourengagementwiththeworld.InotherstoriesBarthelmeexploresthetragic,ambiguousrelationshipbetweenCortésandMontezuma,uncoversunitsoftheSwedisharmyonmaneuversinManhattan,offersacountry-musicversionofMozart'sAbductionfromtheSeraglio,describesaheroiccuttingcontestbetweenakingofjazzandayoungchallenger,andprovidesanaccountofagroupofzombiesoutonawife-buyingexpedition.AsPhilipStevickwroteinTheNation,DonaldBarthelme'sstoriesstandastouchstonesfornarrativeartofthelasttwodecades.GreatDaysisanimportantadditiontoanalreadyimpressivebodyofwork.

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