num_pages: 184
description: In 1964, Barthelme collected his early stories in Come Back, Dr. Caligari, for which he received considerable critical acclaim as an innovator of the short story form. His style (fictional and popular figures in absurd situations, e.g., the Batman-inspired "The Joker's Greatest Triumph"), spawned a number of imitators and would help to define the next several decades of short fiction.
language: English
title: Come Back, Dr. Caligari
titlecomplete: Come Back, Dr. Caligari
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Contemporary, The United States Of America, American, Literary Fiction, Americana, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 592
publisher: Little Brown & Co (P)