Author Robert Coover standing with his arm resting on a wooden podium.

The front cover of a book called 'The Babysitter' by Robert Coover.

On this day in 1932 Robert Coover was born.

He was one of the first 'meta fiction' authors writing books which parodied traditional story telling. One of his books called 'The Babysitter' featured the eponymous heroine travelling between alternate realities.

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"We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates."

✒ Remembering American novelist and scholar #RobertCoover, #BOTD 4 February 1932. #Literature #Writing

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Long before #FantasyBaseball, there was a progenitor & far superior version of it. Thank you, #RobertCoover:

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With only nine likes and two comments (one of them mine), I’m pulling up some rare diamonds from the seabed of YouTube. Listen to Stanley Elkin’s gutsplitting hilarious spoken introduction of Robert Coover #literature #robertcoover #stanleyelkin

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My first book by this author. A zany alternative account of the execution of the alleged atomic spies the Rosenbergs in the 1950s. Nixon is the first person narrator. Cast of characters includes Uncle Sam and Betty Crocker. Wild.
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S'encaminen de pressa cap al món on es desenvolupa el tòpic, el lloc de la llibertat i la propietat i la comoditat i la seguretat, la terra del més o menys probable.

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“Yaban Gülü”nde genç bir kadın bir büyünün tesiri altında, kendisini uyandıracak prensi bekler; onu gözleyen kocakarıysa genç kadının zihnine karanlık rüyalar boca eder. “Hizmetçiye Şaplak”ta ise hizmetçi ve efendisi her günün tekrarlandığı bir yarı kâbusa hapsolmuşlardır.

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“Robert Coover artık ustalarımızdan biri.” -The New York Times

Postmodern edebiyatın ustalarından Robert Coover’ın karanlık ve alaycı iki uzun öyküsü ilk kez Türkçede.

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Çeviri: Omca A. Korugan, Berkan M. Şimşek

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"The Cat in the Hat for President by Robert Coover, born February 4 review on Kirkus #RobertCoover #books #literature #politicalsatire

"We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates."

✒ Remembering American novelist and scholar #RobertCoover, #BOTD 4 February 1932. #Literature #Writing

The Public Burning A controversial best-seller in 1977, The Public Burning…

"Here is a political truth: deviousness wins votes. Dishonesty is often the best policy. We all know this: politics is a dirty, combative, dangerous game. It's not something to grin at like a doped monkey." #RobertCoover, "The Public Burning"
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L’ultime roman de Robert Coover est en librairie dès aujourd’hui. C’est chez Quidam éditeur.

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The Novel About U.S. Politics So Outrageous It Nearly Wasn’t Published (Gift Article) Robert Coover’s “The Public Burning” was met with bafflement and awe when it appeared in 1977. Reality has finally caught up to his masterpiece.

An icon, and a writer out of time on more than one occasion. #robertcoover #thepublicburbning
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Robert Coover’s Outrageous 1977 Novel About U.S. Politics, Is Even More Relevant Now Robert Coover’s “The Public Burning” was met with bafflement and awe when it appeared in 1977. Reality has finally caught up to his masterpiece.

“It is a glorious, slam-bang, star-spangled #fiction,” the novelist William H. Gass wrote in an introduction to a 1998 edition, “and every awful word of it is true.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b... #BookSky #novels #RobertCoover

Robert Coover’s Outrageous 1977 Novel About U.S. Politics, Is Even More Relevant Now Robert Coover’s “The Public Burning” was met with bafflement and awe when it appeared in 1977. Reality has finally caught up to his masterpiece.

"I was told I should sign the house and everything else over to my wife or even someone outside the family so as not to lose it all when the lawsuits began." #RobertCoover on the advice of lawyers prior to publication of "The Public Burning"
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The Great Gatsby is the second greatest baseball novel ever written.

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