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John Barth, an American novelist and postmodernist pioneer, challenged conventions of narrative structure and genre with his innovative storytelling techniques and metafictional explorations. His seminal works, including "The Sot-Weed Factor" and "Giles Goat-Boy," pushed the boundaries of literary experimentation, earning him acclaim as one of the preeminent voices of his generation.

"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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