Aerialists : stories
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
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290 pages : illustrations ; 22cm
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English
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Welcome to the sublime circus of Mark Mayer's Michener-Copernicus-winning debut, Aerialists, a fiercely inventive collection of nine stories in which classic carnival characters become ordinary misfits seeking grandeur in a lonely world. Under the luminous tent of Mayer's prose, we see P.T. Barnum's caravan remade: A young misogynist finds a confidante in a cable-TV strongwoman. A realtor for the one percent invokes his inner murder clown. A skin-and-bones mathematician and his bearded wife plot revolution. A friendless peach farmer holds a funeral for a beloved elephant. And a model-train hobbyist prepares to throw his miniature world in the trash. The circus has always been a collection of American exaggerations-the bold, the beautiful, the freakish, the big. Aerialists finds these myths living in the everyday. Mayer's deftly drawn characters illuminate these small-scale spectaculars, and their attempted acts of daring and feats of strength are rendered with humor, generosity, and uncommon grace. -- from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mayer, M. (2019). Aerialists: stories . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mayer, Mark, 1984-. 2019. Aerialists: Stories. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mayer, Mark, 1984-. Aerialists: Stories Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mayer, Mark. Aerialists: Stories Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
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