The Knife Thrower - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Steven Millhauser (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A Pulitzer Prize-winning author presents a collection of tantalizing stories "as Gothic as Poe and as imaginative as "Fantasia"" ("Entertainment Weekly").<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Included in this short story collection is The Sisterhood of the Night, now a major motion picture. From the bestselling author of Martin Dressler, this volume explores the magnificent obsessions of the unfettered imagination, as well as the darker, subterranean currents that fuel them. <p/> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Tantalizing new stories.... Millhauser's ingenuity is delicious. --A. S. Byatt, <i>The Washington Post Book World<br></i><br>An American writer of surpassing skill.... [Millhauser] renders the impossible itself with precision. --<i>Chicago Tribune<br></i><br>As Gothic as Poe and as imaginative as <i>Fantasia</i>, Millhauser's deceptive fables are funny and warm. But they're dark as dungeons, too.... He bewitches you. --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Steven Millhauser received the Pulitzer Prize for <b>Martin Dressler</b>. He is the author of <b>Edwin Mullhouse</b>, <b>The Barnum Museum</b>, and <b>In the Penny Arcade</b>, among other books. He lives with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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