56 pages 1 hour read

John Barth

The Floating Opera

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

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Reviews & Readership

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The Floating Opera by John Barth receives praise for its black humor, philosophical depth, and innovative narrative style, compelling readers with its exploration of existential themes. Criticisms include its sometimes dense prose and the protagonist’s detachment, which may alienate some readers. Overall, it is appreciated for its wit and intellectual challenge.

Who should read this

Who Should Read The Floating Opera?

Readers who appreciate dark humor, existential themes, and complex narrative structures will enjoy John Barth’s The Floating Opera. Similar to the audience for Albert Camus’s The Stranger and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, they seek intellectually stimulating, thought-provoking literature with philosophical depth.

Recommended

Reading Age

18+years

Book Details

Genre
Classic Fiction
Satire
Magical Realism
Topics
Grief / Death
Military / War
History: U.S.
Period
Post Modernism
Themes
Life/Time: Mortality & Death
Natural World: Appearance & Reality