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A Failed Performance
Overview
People disappear without explanation. The government takes hostages. War and death occur without reason or meaning. The cycle of poverty and deprivation proliferates. A Failed Performance is a collection of bizarre and darkly humorous plays and scenes from the Russian avant-garde writer Daniil Kharms. This collection--the first volume in English dedicated entirely to Kharms's dramatic works--includes his major stage plays Elizaveta Bam and Lapa as well as lesser-known sketches and hybrid poem-plays, most of which were never published or performed during his lifetime.
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- ISBN-13: 9780999724705
- ISBN-10: 0999724703
- Publisher: 53rd State Press
- Publish Date: August 2018
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 232
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