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Cruel Shoes is a collection of essays and short stories by Steve Martin and is also the title of one of the essays included, a satirical short-short story about a woman in a shoe store. [1] Cruel Shoes was Martin’s first book, released in 1977 as a handmade limited edition of 750 signed and numbered books published by Press of the Pegacycle ...
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- Steve Martin
- 1977 (limited edition), June, 1979 (1st trade hardcover printing)
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
Jan 1, 1979 · Amazon.com: Cruel Shoes: 9780399123047: Martin, Steve.: Books. Books. ›. Literature & Fiction. ›. History & Criticism. $49.99. Other Used, New, Collectible from $12.95.
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Jan 1, 1977 · Cruel Shoes. Steve Martin. 3.69. 3,096 ratings277 reviews. With Cruel Shoes, Steve Martin proves that his humor more than translates to the written page; it excels there. Since he has always written his own material, books are a natural medium for Steve's comic genius.
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Mar 15, 2010 · Cruel shoes by Martin, Steve, 1945-Publication date 1979 Topics American wit and humor Publisher New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection printdisabled ...
Mar 27, 2005 · Cruel Shoes is a collection of short absurdist bits with titles like “Women Without Bones,” “How to Fold Soup,” “What to Say When the Dogs Show Up,” and “The Gift of the Magi Indian Giver.” None of the pieces is more than a few hundred words long.
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CRUEL SHOES. by Steve Martin ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 15, 1979. bookshelf. shop now. When it comes to humor, it's the printed page that separates the men—like Woody Allen—from the boys. . . like Steve Martin. Without the Martin stand-up persona to project them, these 50 or so mini-pieces mostly fall flat—and the lack of variety is numbing.
A collection of short stories so short that they would be called “flash fiction” today, Cruel Shoes highlights Martin’s absurdist sense of humor. The title story involves a shoe store clerk offering every pair of shoes in the store to a client and then saying “you’ve tried everything except for the cruel shoes,” which turn out to ...