Cover of Overnight to Many Distant Cities

Overnight to Many Distant Cities

by Donald Barthelme · 1983

+ Want to read

" ... Donald Barthelme's new collection ... takes us from New York to Tokyo to Copenhagen to Barcelona to Paris to the Radiant City of Le Corbusier, balancing twelve of his widely celebrated short stories against an equal number of brief visionary texts, new in his work, that provide a lovely, haunting counterpoint"—From dust jacket.

Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 174 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Overnight to Many Distant Cities? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Overnight to Many Distant Cities. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Strange Case of Rachel K Rachel Kushner · 2015 Shares short stories, fiction, stories
  2. Captain Maximus Barry Hannah · 1985 Shares short stories, fiction
  3. Escapes Joy Williams · 1990 Shares short stories, fiction, stories
  4. The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce · 1946 Shares short stories, fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read Overnight to Many Distant Cities tend to reach for these next.”

  1. A Child Again Robert Coover · 2005
  2. The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman: Including The Brother Flann O'Brien · 1976
  3. A Smuggler's Bible Joseph McElroy · 1966
  4. The Beetle Leg John Hawkes · 1951

“If you want more of the same, start with these.”

  1. The Beast in the Jungle and Other Stories Henry James · 1984
  2. The Stories of Raymond Carver Raymond Carver · 1985
  3. On the River Styx and Other Stories Peter Matthiessen · 1989
  4. The Museum of Useless Efforts Cristina Peri Rossi · 1983

“If it was the short stories that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Tell Everyone I Said Hi Chad Simpson · 2012
  2. Stories II: The Collected Stories of T. Coraghessan Boyle, Volume II T.C. Boyle · 2013
  3. The Secret Goldfish: Stories David Means · 2004
  4. How it Ended Jay McInerney · 2000

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Hunting of Tom Horn Will Henry · 1999
  2. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Raymond Carver · 1981
  3. Other Fires · 1985
  4. The Complete Short Stories: Volume 2 J.G. Ballard · 2006

Report a problem