The Tidewater Tales

The Tidewater Tales is a 1987 novel by American writer John Barth. It tells the story of a married couple of storytellers, Peter Sagamore and Katherine Sherritt Sagamore, during the summer of 1980.

According to Richard Lehan of the Los Angeles Times: "In a novel almost two miles long, Barth’s literary self-consciousness is sometimes too much. Less would have been More. The novel becomes a giant literary game, the emphasis upon intertextuality or the relationship of one story to another."[1]

References

  1. ^ Lehan, Richard (June 28, 1987). "The Tidewater Tales: A NOVEL by John Barth (Putnam's: $24.95; 624 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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