Reading Games: An Aesthetics of Play in Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, and Georges Perec

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In Reading Games, Kimberly Bohman-Kalaja guides us through an entertaining and instructive exploration of a neglected genre of post-modernism, the Play-Text. Pioneered by authors such as Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, and Georges Perec, Bohman-Kalaja's book provides a fresh interpretive approach to understanding the Play-Text. Providing insightful analysis of the game and play theories, and drawing from a wide range of ideas--from the thinking of the great philosophers to basic chess and poker strategies--Reading Games makes the world of experimental fiction accessible by unraveling, step-by-step, the innovative strategies of those authors who play reading games.

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Kimberly Bohman-Kalaja received a Bachelor's degree from Scripps College, a Master's degree in Irish Writing from Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University. She currently lives in New York City and teaches in the Expository Writing Program at New York University.