ULULU (Clown Shrapnel)
Thalia Field
Film stills by Bill Morrison
Illustrated by Abbot Stranahan

"In Thalia Field's spectacular live-action extravaganza, the novel finally reveals its true colors: motley. Follow that 'vain Fantastic Nymph,' the outrageous, dauntless Ululu, as she wisecracks through history, taking star turns in play and opera and film before pitching her tent on the page. This circus kit comes with music and jokes, greasepaint and blood. You do the tumbling."
— Shelley Jackson

Operatic in scope, ULULU (Clown Shrapnel) is a dramatic, genre-bending narrative and a lyrical cultural biography of the archetypal seductress Lulu. In a furious performance of text and imagery, Field introduces us to the stock characters of the commedia, the famous plays, operas, and silent films in which Lulu appeared and the artists who brought her to life, including Alban Berg, Frank Wedekind, and Louise Brooks in G. W. Pabst's film Pandora's Box.

Original and treated footage from award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison and illustrations from artist Abbot Stranahan complete this masterful work of avant-garde fiction, presented in a limited first edition signed by the author and the artists.