{"product_id":"a-failed-performance-9780999724705","title":"A Failed Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniil Kharms | Basset C. Dylan | Emma Winsor Wood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: 53rd State Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: 53rd State Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russian \u0026amp; Soviet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople 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 \u003cem\u003eElizaveta Bam\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLapa\u003c\/em\u003e as well as lesser-known sketches and hybrid poem-plays, most of which were never published or performed during his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"53rd State Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999557140631,"sku":"9780999724705","price":1480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780999724705.webp?v=1783601024","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-failed-performance-9780999724705","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}