Elephant Hook and Other Stories

by Martin Sherman, Aritha van Herk (Editor), Rudy Henry Wiebe (Editor)

Many of the stories in this unique collection take place in what seems like an exotic, alien world -- the circus. But a clown's make-up is no more jolting to the clown than the last glimpse in a mirror on Monday morning taken by someone going off to work after a weekend in T-shirts and jeans. Exploring relationships in the alein hyperworlds of circus performers as well as the seemingly more mundane worlds of cab drivers and single fathers -- Martin Scherman weaves a magic spell over reader and character alike as he deftly convinces us that the lines between who we are and what we do are both mutable and muddied.

139 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996