The complete Madame Realism and other stories
By: Lynne Tillman ; introduction by M.G. Lord ; afterword by Andrew Durbin
Series: Semiotext(e) active agents series; Semiotext(e) active agents series
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [South Pasadena, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781584351900
Subjects: American Short stories; Essays
Description: Lynne Tillman's groundbreaking fiction/essays on culture and places, monuments, artworks, iconic TV shows, and received ideas, written in the third person to record the subtle, ironic, and wry observations of the playful but stern "Madame Realism."
Table of contents: title: Madame Realism --; title: Madame Realism asks: what's natural about painting --; title: Dynasty reruns --; title: Madame Realism's imitation of life --; title: On the road with Madame Realism --; title: Madame Realism: a fairy tale --; title: Madame Realism in Freud's dreamland --; title: The museum of hyphenated Americans --; title: Madame Realism's "1999" --; title: Lust of loss --; title: Madame Realism looks for relief --; title: Madame Realim faces it --; title: Madame Realism lies here --; title: Madame Realism's torch song --; title: Madame Realism's conscience --; title: Love sentence --; title: To find words --; title: Thrilled to death --; title: Drawing from a translation artist --; title: Seven times, times seven --; title: Cindy Sherman --; title: Still moving --; title: Stories tell stories --; title: Head and heart.