A Shower of Gold (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Donald Barthelme
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Peterson, Miss Arbor, Jean-Claude, Kitchen, The President
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
Desperate for cash, Peterson, a self-declared minor artist whose welded sculptures are not selling, signs on as a contestant for the television game show Who Am I? The title of the program is apt, for its producers purport to entertain their audience with probes into the futility, alienation, anonymity, and despair of modern life. Interviewing with Miss Arbor to become a Who Am I? contestant, Peterson counters her dedication to absurdity with his own doubts that absurdity even exists. When Miss Arbor asks if he encounters his own existence as gratuitous,...
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Donald Barthelme (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Donald Barthelme (Short Fiction)Donald Barthelme (Long Fiction)Donald Barthelme (Identities and Issues)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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