El Circo Del Dr. Lao
A Fiction, Horror, Classics book. You no like this Gloddman show, you go somewhere else. Charles G. Finney,...
Filmed as the 7 Faces of Dr. LaoThe novel is set in the fictional town of Abalone, AZ, the inhabitants of which epitomize ordinary Americans as they are simultaneously backhandedly celebrated & lovingly pilloried for their emergent reactions to the wonders of magic & of everyday life. A circus owned by a Chinaman named Dr Lao pulls into town one day, carrying legendary creatures from all areas of mythology & legend, among them a sea serpent, Appolonius...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 159 pages
- ISBN: 9788493488154 / 8493488151
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Whatsa mattah allee time talkee talk bear business? Me no savvee bear business. You no like this Gloddam show, you go somewhere else. Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao // Tomorrow will be like today, and the day after tomorrow will be like day before yesterday," said Apollonius. "I see your remaining days each as quiet, tedious collections of hours. You will not travel anywhere. You will think no new thoughts. You will experience no new passions. Older you will become but not wiser. Stiffer but not more dignified. Childless you are, and childless you shall remain. Of that suppleness you once commanded in your youth, of that strange simplicity which once attracted a few men to you, neither endures, nor shall you recapture... You no like this Gloddman show, you go somewhere else. Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao //
This is an odd little book that I wasn't sure I liked just after I read it. Some parts are painfully of its time. (1940's) But the circus imagery and disturbing carnavalesque situations always seem to pop in to my head when I'm writing. A good book is one you think about later. This qualifies. This is a truly extraordinary book. it packs into its short length more commentary on human nature in both its sad and wonderful aspects than many authors would struggle to depict through vast volumes of work. I believe that in a just world this book would be considered among the paragons of American letters, right up there with free-thinking... What an odd little book! The Circus of Dr Lao is... well...odd, surreal, humorous, jarring, unsettling, magical and bizarre. It deserves to be more than an 'obscure classic'. The book starts out strange and just gets stranger. There's not much to the story, a circus comes to the sleepy town of Abalone, Arizona and the townsfolk seem...
