Donald Barthelme Quote

My deranged mother has written another book. This one is called The Bough and is even worse that the others. I refer not to its quality—it exhibits the usual coruscating wit and penetrating social observation —but to the extent to which it utilizes, as a kind of mulch pile, the lives of her children.


The Author, opening; p. 45. - The Teachings of Don. B: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme (1992)


My deranged mother has written another book. This one is called The Bough and is even worse that the others. I refer not to its quality—it exhibits ...

My deranged mother has written another book. This one is called The Bough and is even worse that the others. I refer not to its quality—it exhibits ...

My deranged mother has written another book. This one is called The Bough and is even worse that the others. I refer not to its quality—it exhibits ...

My deranged mother has written another book. This one is called The Bough and is even worse that the others. I refer not to its quality—it exhibits ...