On Minimalist Fiction

In John Barth's "On Minimalist Fiction", Barth discusses minimalist fiction and what it is. The piece could easily be found difficult to read. I couldn't really understand what he was saying at first because of all the extra words in parenthesis. Then it hit me and I realized the irony of the piece. It was saying that minimalist fiction was short and to the point, but in the piece it has a lot of extra things in there that was unnecessary. It was strange to see that in a piece where the author is saying minimalist fictions preaches less is more. I understand, however, where Bath is going with this because I do get tired of books putting to much into a story and it starts to take out the significance of a piece.