
Paradise
Donald Barthelme
Simon, a fifty-three-year-old Philadelphia architect, is given a year to do as he wishes. He lives in a bare apartment, thinking back on his life and work. A complex relationship develops when he becomes involved with three younger women.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Year
- 1986
- ISBN-13
- 9780140103588
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Midlife crisisRelationshipsSelf-reflection
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(1987)
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