Bibliograph

The knife thrower ;, and other stories, Steven Millhauser

Type

Label

The knife thrower ;, and other stories, Steven Millhauser

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The knife thrower ;

Oclc number

41174117

Responsibility statement

Steven Millhauser

Series statement

Vintage contemporaries

Sub title

and other stories

Summary

Whether chronicling the phantasmagoric excesses of an amusement park entrepreneur in "Paradise Park," or the dangerously addictive delights of the largest department store ever conceived in "The Dream of the Consortium," Millhauser's fictions explore not only the magnificent obsessions of the unfettered imagination, but also the darker, subterranean desires that fuel them. From the odd corners of life that persist below the sunlit world in "Beneath the Cellars of Our Town," to views from the heavens in "Flying Carpets" and "Balloon Flight, 1870," he takes us on a tour beyond the everyday, to realms we recognize only in dreams

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator