DonaldBarthelme'snewbookofstories,GreatDays,isperhapsmostnotableforthepresenceofsevenformallyrelateddialogues,TheCrisis,TheApology,TheNewMusic,Morning,OntheStepsoftheConservatory,TheLeap,andGreatDays,whichintroduceanewaspectofhiswork.Intheserestless,possibility-hauntedcolloquies,strippedofeverythingsavevoices,changingpairsofwomenandpairsofmenrangeanemotionalterrainwhosepolesarehopeandmemory.Extravagant,profane,andcomic,thedialoguesareaconsiderableachievement,testingthepossibilitiesofformandex...