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Author |
: Hannah Vincent |
Publisher |
: Myriad Editions |
Total Pages |
: 175 |
Release |
: 2020-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781912408399 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1912408392 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis She-Clown by : Hannah Vincent
These fierce, funny and feminist short stories shine with everyday heroines at work and at play. Ordinary lives are transformed as women try to be themselves while clowning around for others. Captured in familiar situations as well as in flights of fancy, the women in these stories are engaged in acts of self-preservation: they are exhilarated to discover the joy and surprise of other women's company, they make bold sexual choices, they go on a night-time excursions; as grandmothers, they give their grandchildren unsuitable presents. In one story, a young woman and her mother harness their creativity to express their horror at the world around them. In another, a teenage mother struggles with her feelings for the father of her child. One of the tales follows a woman who experiences the freedom of the workplace while another shows how imprisoning it can be. Compassionate, unexpected, and full of small triumphs in the face of adversity, this collection establishes Hannah Vincent as one of the freshest voices in contemporary fiction.
Author |
: Salman Rushdie |
Publisher |
: Vintage Canada |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2009-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307371188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307371182 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shalimar the Clown by : Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown is a masterpiece from one of our greatest writers, a dazzling novel that brings together the fiercest passions of the heart and the gravest conflicts of our time into an astonishingly powerful, all-encompassing story. Max Ophuls’ memorable life ends violently in Los Angeles in 1993 when he is murdered by his Muslim driver Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar the Clown. At first the crime seems to be politically motivated—Ophuls was previously ambassador to India, and later US counterterrorism chief—but it is much more. Ophuls is a giant, an architect of the modern world: a Resistance hero and best-selling author, brilliant economist and clandestine US intelligence official. But it is as Ambassador to India that the seeds of his demise are planted, thanks to another of his great roles—irresistible lover. Visiting the Kashmiri village of Pachigam, Ophuls lures an impossibly beautiful dancer, the ambitious (and willing) Boonyi Kaul, away from her husband, and installs her as his mistress in Delhi. But their affair cannot be kept secret, and when Boonyi returns home, disgraced and obese, it seems that all she has waiting for her is the inevitable revenge of her husband: Noman Sher Noman, Shalimar the Clown. He was an acrobat and tightrope walker in their village’s traditional theatrical troupe; but soon Shalimar is trained as a militant in Kashmir’s increasingly brutal insurrection, and eventually becomes a terrorist with a global remit and a deeply personal mission of vengeance. In this stunningly rich book everything is connected, and everyone is a part of everyone else. A powerful love story, intensely political and historically informed, Shalimar the Clown is also profoundly human, an involving story of people’s lives, desires and crises, as well as—in typical Rushdie fashion—a magical tale where the dead speak and the future can be foreseen.
Author |
: Monica Drake |
Publisher |
: Hawthorne Books |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2010-08-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780979018886 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0979018889 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Clown Girl by : Monica Drake
Clown Girl lives in Baloneytown, a seedy neighborhood where drugs, balloon animals, and even rubber chickens contribute to the local currency. Against a backdrop of petty crime, she struggles to live her dreams, calling on cultural masters Charlie Chaplin, Kafka, and da Vinci for inspiration. In an effort to support herself and her layabout performance-artist boyfriend, Clown Girl finds herself unwittingly transformed into a "corporate clown," trapping herself in a cycle of meaningless, high-paid gigs that veer dangerously close to prostitution. Monica Drake has created a novel that riffs on the high comedy of early film stars — most notably Chaplin and W. C. Fields — to raise questions of class, gender, economics, and prejudice. Resisting easy classification, this debut novel blends the bizarre, the humorous, and the gritty with stunning skill.
Author |
: Marla Frazee |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2014-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442497450 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442497459 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Farmer and the Clown by : Marla Frazee
Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee. A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the little clown, and over the course of one day together, the two of them make some surprising discoveries about themselves—and about life! Sweet, funny, and moving, this wordless picture book from a master of the form and the creator of The Boss Baby speaks volumes and will delight story lovers of all ages.
Author |
: Glen Huser |
Publisher |
: Groundwood Books Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 1999-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781554980628 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1554980623 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Touch of the Clown by : Glen Huser
Cosmo the clown is the first bit of light to come into Barbara's life in a long time. At home, she takes care of her abusive father, her grandmother, and Livvy, her sick sister. Cosmo encourages Barbara to join a teen clown workshop he is leading, and there she finds true friends for the first time. But she is soon in desperate need of his gentle guidance, when her family situation implodes, and her own resilience and resourcefulness are put to their greatest test.
Author |
: Christopher Bayes |
Publisher |
: Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2019-07-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1559365617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781559365611 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discovering the Clown, Or the Funny Book of Good Acting by : Christopher Bayes
A must-have guide for actors both young and old.
Author |
: Luke Stephenson |
Publisher |
: Chronicle Books |
Total Pages |
: 233 |
Release |
: 2018-03-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452169859 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452169853 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clown Egg Register by : Luke Stephenson
Step right up for the Greatest Book on Earth! For more than 70 years, Clowns International—the oldest established clowning organization—has been painting the faces of its members on eggs. Each one is a record of a clown's unique identity, preserving the unwritten rule that no clown should copy another's look. This mesmerizing volume collects more than 150 of these portraits, from 1946 to the modern day, accompanied by short personal histories of many of the clowns. Here are Tricky Nicky, Taffy, Bobo, Sammy Sunshine, the legendary Emmett Kelly, and Jolly Jack, clowning since 1977 and still performing today with a penguin puppet named Biscuit. A treasure just like the eggs it enshrines, The Clown Egg Register is an extraordinary archive of images and lives of the men and women behind the make-up.
Author |
: Heinrich Boll |
Publisher |
: Melville House |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2010-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781935554851 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1935554859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clown by : Heinrich Boll
Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schneir collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t marry her within the Catholic Church. The desertion triggers a searing re-examination of his life—the loss of his sister during the war, the demands of his millionaire father and the hypocrisies of his mother, who first fought to “save” Germany from the Jews, then worked for “reconciliation” afterwards. Heinrich Böll’s gripping consideration of how to overcome guilt and live up to idealism—how to find something to believe in—gives stirring evidence of why he was such an unwelcome presence in post-War German consciousness . . . and why he was such a necessary one.
Author |
: Meeta Parker |
Publisher |
: Meeta Gajjar Parker |
Total Pages |
: 54 |
Release |
: 2007-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781424179176 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1424179173 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cookie the Clown by : Meeta Parker
Into your heart comes the story about Cookie the Clown and her family who journey from Clownika, the homeland of real clowns, into our human world. They begin living among Gudigads (what the clowns call us) and become minorities in our world. By looking at the clown race, the story teaches children that people are sometimes treated differently based solely on how they look.
Author |
: Hannah Vincent |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2020-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1912408384 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781912408382 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis She-Clown, and Other Stories by : Hannah Vincent
Hannah Vincent's short stories depict the ordinary and extraordinary lives of women coping with the demands of society, the demands of men, of their fellow women, of their own bodies. At the centre of each story is a woman engaged in an act of self-preservation. In one story a young woman on the cusp of adulthood tries to express the horror and violence she perceives in the world around her, in another a teenage mother struggles to look after her child in the face of her obsession with the baby's father. One character experiences the freedom of the workplace while another perceives its constraints. One discovers how far her career has pushed her out to the margins of family life while another contemplates retirement. In the title story a woman catches a whiff of what respect and reciprocal attraction feels like. Women in these stories are exhilarated to discover the joy and surprise of other women's company, they make bold sexual choices and go on night-time excursions. As grandmothers they give their grandchildren unsuitable presents.