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One of Beattie's six favorite books, as told to The Week magazine:
Not-Knowing by Donald BarthelmeRead about the other books on Beattie's list.
A somewhat abashed sensualist who could be very, very skeptical, Barthelme was a brilliant thinker — probing, with the tool of words, for the meaning of visual things. He approached the world through all his senses.
--Marshal Zeringue