Double or nothing federman novel

Double or nothing by raymond federman experimental. Double or nothing 1971 is a novel by raymond federman, originally published by swallow press, chicago. A real fictitious discourse swallow press, 1971, each page is a carefully arranged, selfcontained collage of black text on an open. Raymond federman, avantgarde novelist and beckett scholar. Double or nothing novel by raymond federman, 9780804005449, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Words are also often arranged on pages to resemble images or to suggest repetitious themes. Federman was a writer in the experimental style, one that sought to deconstruct traditional prose. Raymond federman on the writer, the reader, and the text by. Raymond federmans experimental novel double or nothing is subtitled a real fictitious discourse. Old as our fears, the familiar figure of the double haunts the literatures of every country. In my first book double or nothing the question i put to myself was, what does it mean to write a novel. This type of writing is quite prevalent in his book double or nothing, in which the linear narrative of the story has been broken down and restructured so as to be nearly incoherent.

It was the winner of the frances steloff prize and the panache experimental fiction prize. Double or nothing federman novel double or nothing 1971 is a concrete novel by raymond federman originally published by swallow press, chicago. Federman gives each of these pages a shape or structure, most often a diagram or picture. Instead, jerzy kutnick has labeled federmans texts as novels of.