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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.
Jan 1, 2001 · In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. In the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, he became a successful actor, playwright, and juggler, and eventually earned Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards.
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Jan 1, 1979 · If you were to put a few of those Tex Avery cartoons, a couple Picasso and Pollack paintings and fold in a few passages from Sam Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre and Jonathan Winters into a blender and grind the bejesus out of 'em, you would have Steve Martin's Cruel Shoes.
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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.
A collection of short stories so short that they would be called “flash fiction” today, Cruel Shoes highlights Martin’s absurdist sense of humor.
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.
Cruel Shoes. Steve Martin. Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1977 - American wit and humor - 48 pages. A collection of short humorous pieces including "Women Without Bones," "The Day the Dopes...
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