Barthelme

[ bahr-thuhl-mey, ‑tl-mee ]

noun

1. Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
2. his brother Frederick, born 1943, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.

Example Sentences

This Regular version sometimes sounds like the near sequiturs of Gertrude Stein or her clever admirer Donald Barthelme.

From The Daily Beast

Very dry, precise, sort of magical—what Donald Barthelme used to call the little nut hard word.

From The Daily Beast