{"product_id":"the-knife-thrower-and-other-stories-9780679781639","title":"The Knife Thrower: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMartin Dressler\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea\u003c\/b\u003e collection of stories in the tradition of Nabokov, Calvino, and Borges that explores the magnificent obsessions of the unfettered imagination, as well as the darker, subterranean currents that fuel them. - \"Tantalizing new stories.... Millhauser's ingenuity is delicious.\" --A. S. Byatt, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Knife Thrower and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMillhauser confirms his stature as a narrative enchanter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679781639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.20w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/14\/1999 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Steven Millhauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096084447413,"sku":"9780679781639","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_70d6ac1a-2d15-45a8-bdca-529b931a974d.jpg?v=1692801847","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-knife-thrower-and-other-stories-9780679781639","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}