The Knife Thrower
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- Synopsis
- From the bestselling author of Martin Dressler comes a new collection of short stories that explore the magnificent obsessions of the unfettered imagination, as well as the darker, subterranean currents that fuel them.With the panache of an old-fashioned magician, Steven Millhauser conducts his readers from the dark corners beneath the sunlit world to a balloonist's tour of the heavens. He transforms department stores and amusement parks into alternate universes of infinite plentitude and menace. He unveils the secrets of a maker of automatons and a coven of teenage girls. And on every page of The Knife Thrower and Other Stories, Millhauser confirms his stature as a narrative enchanter in the tradition of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges.From the Trade Paperback edition.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307763877
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780679781639
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 10/23/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Steven Millhauser
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.