Performance Art: Stories by Kranes, David

Performance Art: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781647790141)

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Performance Art: Stories by Kranes, David

Performance Art: Stories

$22.00
Performance Art: Stories by Kranes, David

Performance Art: Stories

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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Part of our socialization is the urge to perform. We perform images of ourselves for others. For some, the urge is so great and the talent sufficient that we become performers. Performance Art is a series of short stories about performers and performances that are extreme--fire-eaters, knife-throwers, stand-up comedians, escape-artists, weight-loss artists--why we watch them, and why they do what they do. David Kranes dives into the inner lives of these risk-takers, exploring the allures and the costs of "performance." His characters are unpredictable, quirky, and sometimes bizarre, but Kranes also reveals their humanity and insecurities. The result is a collection that is engagingly unique, sometimes comical, ironic, heart-tugging, and full of unexpected insights and delights.

Author: David Kranes
ISBN-10: 164779014X
ISBN-13: 9781647790141
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d
By David Kranes
By David Kranes
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David Kranes is the author of eight novels and three volumes of short stories, including Abracadabra (which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly), Keno Runner: A Dark Romance, and The Legend's Daughter. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah. Kranes writes about magicians, gamblers, hitmen, painters, and casino workers. His characters are frequently displaced seekers with volatile emotions--but always human. He writes about the West. And his characters struggle and love in its surreal landscapes of Las Vegas casinos, Utah deserts, and Montana towns. He exposes the magic in the mundane, the surreal in the simple, and the bizarre in the banal. His work superbly balances the fantastical with the raw.

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