The Thalian Adventure

Authors

  • Norman Mailer Author

Keywords:

unpublished fiction, Thalia Theatre, foreign film and art cinema, parents and sons, family comedy, Brooklyn

Abstract

“The Thalian Adventure,” a short story by Norman Mailer, was never published. It is not known with certainty when Mailer wrote the story, but its date of composition is believed to be circa 1951. A transcription of the story follows the images. The Norman Mailer estate has graciously given permission to reprint the story. Images are courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

—Phillip Sipiora

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Maestro

Section

Works by Norman Mailer

How to Cite

Mailer, Norman. “The Thalian Adventure”. The Mailer Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Sept. 2015, pp. 8–26, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/509.