A Failed Performance: Short Plays & Scenes by Daniil Kharms Karinne Keithley Syers of the critical history of

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takes us on a wild ride and a rising wildness

and playful—also beautifully instrumental in the ways it is framed and illuminated

“He keeps weirdness alive

as much about healing as performance

A Failed Performance: Short Plays & Scenes by Daniil Kharms Karinne Keithley Syers of the critical history ofA Failed Performance Short Plays & Scenes by Daniil Kharms Translated by C Dylan Basset & Emma Winsor Wood $19. 95 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 collectionthe first volume in