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Barthelme

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Bar·thel·me  (bärthl-m), Donald 1931-1989.
American writer whose sometimes surrealistic stories of modern American life have been published in collections such as Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968).
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Noun1.Barthelme - United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)
Donald Barthelme


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