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John Barth

b: Cambridge, Maryland., May 27, 1930

American. Author. Won Nationa Book Award in Fiction, 1973, books include The Open Decision, 1970.

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Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.