As the Ceiling Flew Away

As the Ceiling Flew Away

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"As the Ceiling Flew Away, it unearthed this comedic gem. Zanily absurd but squarely written, replete with an actor's voice, comic compassionate ardor: "The faucet is broken. It sprays everyone's pants like that." Verbs that tell a story: "herniating myself in the tech crew." Posing and posturing in order to communicate what pleases, while harboring: "hopes of landing on a mainland with all my dramaturgical wonder." Dialogue that flows seamless, dreamy. Reveling in language, puns twist, leap and dance. Much ado about something: "It is ISNT, it isn't IS." Revivifying diction: "talismaniacally" "furnace-y" "parchmenty." A delicious aria, "a demented deus ex machina." Through demented monologues emerge cold capital truths: "losing people means losing tax revenue." How to curate intimacy for a broader audience? Translate correspondence. Whilst inner barn burning "fake props of a real marriage." Move along, quick clip, and outside of all the

Book information

ISBN: 9781956005400
Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil
Imprint: Spuyten Duyvil
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20211119
Language: English
Number of pages: cm
Weight: 181g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 12mm