A Failed Performance

by Daniil Kharms

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999724703
• ISBN13: 9780999724705
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: 53rd State Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"