Download or read book Self Portraits: Fictions written by Frederic Tuten and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating an autobiography that is both real and imaginary, the author inserts himself into a series of interrelated stories including one about Death waiting tables at a café and circus elephants consoling a lovelorn ringmaster.