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Our Circus PresentsAuthor: Lucian Dan Teodorovici Translator: Alistair Ian Blyth Eastern European Literature Series November 2009 216 pages, Dimensions: 5.5 x 8 Paperback, 9781564785565 Retail Paperback Price: Our Paperback Price: $11.16 
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Book Description
Every day, the Birdman performs the same ritual: he climbs out onto his window ledge to see if he can manage to kill himself—and never does. The Birdman is a member of a loose-knit group of failed suicides, each pursuing absurd ways to end their lives: one saving up lost-dog reward money to buy enough good whiskey to drink himself to death, another hoping to contract a fatal disease by sleeping with as many women as possible. When it seems these routines will continue indefinitely, the Birdman meets a “professional” suicide: the dangerous and inscrutable “man with orange suspenders,” who makes a living by trying to hang himself whenever he sees a potential rescuer approaching. This chance encounter, which leads at last to a real death, will force the Birdman to confront the roots of his desire to escape from life, and to see first-hand that dying is more than just a rehearsal.
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About the Author
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Lucian Dan Teodorovici is the senior editor of Suplimentul de cultură, one of the most prominent weekly cultural magazines in Romania. He has contributed prose, drama, and nonfiction to magazines in Romania and abroad, and has written numerous screenplays, including one for a feature-length adaptation of Our Circus Presents. |
About the Translator
| Alistair Ian Blyth’s translations from Romanian include the novel Little Fingers by Filip Florian and An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Cătălin Avramescu. |