The Review of Contemporary Fiction [28 Volumes] O'BRIEN, John, Editor Literature

Octavo. 6 x 9 in. All volumes very good in original pictorial wrappers, some with faint foxing to text block and some spots of edgewear. Fall 1994 volume with Angela Carter and Tadeusz Konwicki has curling to fore-edge. Ten years of the seminal tri-quarterly Review of Contemporary Fiction from 1989 to 1999. Some consecutive issues are missing, but important issues of this prolific and important review are present and listed below. Founded in 1980 by John O'Brien, the Review's aim was to highlight experimental, modernist, and often overlooked contemporary writing, much of it including writers writing about other writers outside of academic constraints. Eventually the review expanded to include contemporary international writers in translation as well. Contributing editors over the years included Steven Moore, David Foster Wallace, Chad Post, etc. The review ceased publishing in 2016 and the Dalkey Archive was abosrbed by Deep Vellum Books. This lot includes: New French Fiction, Spring 1989; Milan Kundera / Zulfikar Ghose, Summer 1989; John Barth / David Markson, Summer 1990; Grove Press Number, Fall 1990; Donald Barthelme / Toby Olson, Summer 1991; Alexander Theroux / Paul West, Spring 1991; William H. Gass / Manuel Puig, Fall 1991; Jose Donoso / Jerome Charyn, Summer 1992; New Italian Fiction, Fall 1992; Georges Perec / Filipe Alfau, Spring 1993; Djuna Barnes, Falll 1993; Paul Auster / Danilo Kis, Spring 1994; New Flemish Fiction, Summer 1994; Angela Carter / Tadeusz Konwicki, Fall 1994; New Danish Fiction, Spring 1995; Stanley Elkin / Alasdair Gray, Summer 1995; Briged Brophy / Robert Creeley / Osmon Lins, Fall 1995; New Finnish Fiction, Summer 1996; Edmund White / Samuel R. Delany, Fall 1996; Mario Vargas Llosa / Josef Skyvorecky, Spring 1997; Wilson Harris / Alan Burns, Summer 1997; Raymond Queneau / Carole Maso, Fall 1997; New Latvian Fiction, Spring 1998; Curtis White / Milorad Pavic, Summer 1998; Richard Powers / Rikki Ducornet, Fall 1998; Edward Sanders, Spring 1999; Special Fiction Issue / Philip Terry, Summer 1999; Writers on Writing: The Best of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Fall 1999.