| The Barnum Museum Contributor(s): Millhauser, Steven (Author), Milhauser, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564781798 ISBN-13: 9781564781796 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 Annotation: "The Barnum Museum" is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of stories. "What a pleasure it is to read a writer this good", wrote Peter Straub. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97023679 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.54" W x 8.47" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Barnum Museum" is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus sideshow masquerading as a collection of stories. Within its pages, note such exhibits as: a study of the strategies used by the participants in the game of "Clue"; a dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman, and loses her to an imaginary man; and a legendary magician so skilled at sleight-of-hand that he is pursued by police for the crime of erasing the line between the real and the conjured. Ingeniously written, each exhibit in "The Barnum Museum"--including the story upon which the movie "The Illusionist" was based--will compel you to continue reading, luring you to the next. Originally published by Poseidon Press in 1990, Dalkey Archive Press in 2007, now available again. |