Broken Books: Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme

Welcome to the first installment of Broken Books, where I’ll routinely delve into some past and current favorite books from my collection.

My sister-in-law gave me Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme a few years ago. Barthelme was a New York writer active in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I guess surrealism is what you’d call it, though he manages to keep you enga…