Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Robert Coover
Born: February 4, 1932
Died: October 5, 2024 (aged 92)
Bio: Robert Lowell Coover was an American novelist, short story writer, and professor emeritus in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He was generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.
Known for:
- The Public Burning (1977)
- The Origin of the Brunists (1966)
- Pricksongs & Descants (1969)
- The Brunist Day of Wrath (2014)