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Author Millhauser, Steven.

Title The knife thrower and other stories / Steven Millhauser.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishers, [1998]
©1998
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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MILLHAUSER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F MILLHAUSER STEVEN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MILLHAUSER    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description 256 pages ; 22 cm
Contents The knife thrower -- A visit -- The sisterhood of night -- The way out -- Flying carpets -- The new automaton theater -- Clair de lune -- The dream of the consortium -- Balloon flight, 1870 -- Paradise Park -- Kaspar Hauser speaks -- Beneath the cellars of our town.
Summary Stories on the role of art in society. In the title piece, a knife thrower's vanity--he has to prove he is the best--and the audience's thirst for blood lead to tragedy, while in Paradise Park an amusement park outdoes its competition in exploiting man's base instincts.
Subject Short stories, American.
Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
Genre/Form Short stories.
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
Added Title Knife thrower
Other Form: Online version: Millhauser, Steven. Knife thrower and other stories. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, ©1998 (OCoLC)605463352
ISBN 0609600702 (alk. paper)
9780609600702 (alk. paper)
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