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008 070531s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
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082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aMillhauser, Steven.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84183444
245 10 $aDangerous laughter :$bthirteen stories /$cSteven Millhauser.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2008.
300 $a244 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tOpening Cartoon -- $tCat 'N' Mouse -- $tVanishing Acts -- $tThe Disappearance of Elaine Coleman -- $tThe Room in the Attic -- $tDangerous Laughter -- $tHistory of a Disturbance -- $tImpossible Architectures -- $tThe Dome -- $tIn the Reign of Harad IV -- $tThe Other Town -- $tThe Tower -- $tHeretical Histories -- $tHere at the Historical Society -- $tA Change in Fashion -- $tA Precursor of the Cinema -- $tThe Wizard of West Orange.
520 1 $a"The collection is divided into three parts that fit seamlessly together as a whole. It opens with a bang, as "Cat 'n' Mouse" reimagines the deadly ritual between cartoon rivals in a comedy of dynamite and anvils - a masterly prologue that sets the stage for the alluring, very grown-up twists that follow." "Part One, "Vanishing Acts," features stories of risk and escape: a lonely woman disappears without a trace; a high school boy becomes entangled with his best friend's troubled sister; and a group of teenagers play a treacherous game that pushes them deep into "the kingdom of forbidden things."" "Excess reigns in the vivid, haunting places of Part Two's "Impossible Architectures" 'where domes enclose whole cities, and a king's master miniaturist creates objects so tiny that soon his entire world is invisible." "Finally, "Heretical Histories" presents startling alternatives to the remembered past. "A Precursor of the Cinema" proposes a new, enigmatic form of illusion. And in the astonishing "The Wizard of West Orange" a famous inventor sets out to simulate the sense of touch - but success brings disturbing consequences."--BOOK JACKET.
655 7 $aShort stories.$2gsafd
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022929.html
852 00 $bglx$hPS3563.I422$iD36 2008