If you are a novelist of a ... by John Barth, an American Novelist

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“If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.”

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John Barth

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Name: John Barth

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: May 27, 1930

Profession: Novelist

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