Nine Stories in Which Classic Carnival Characters Become Ordinary Misfits Seeking Grandeur, a Fiction Book Talk & Signing
Mark Mayer's stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, Guernica, Colorado Review, and Mid-American Review. He will discuss and sign Aerialists: Stories ($26.00 Bloomsbury Publishing). Welcome to the surreal and sublime human 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.
The circus has always been a collection of American exaggerations--the bold, the beautiful, the freakish, the big. Aerialists finds these myths in everyday contemporary life. Mayer's deftly drawn characters illuminate small-scale spectaculars, and their attempted acts of daring and feats of strength are rendered with humor, generosity, and uncommon grace.
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