Nights At The Circus [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Carter, Angela

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ISBN 10: 0099388618 ISBN 13: 9780099388616

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2000

Riassunto

Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?

Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg and Siberia.

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Recensione:

"Nights at the Circus is a glorious enchantment. But an enchantment which is rooted in an earthy, rich and powerful language...It is a spell-binding achievement" (Literary Review)

"A glorious piece of work, a set-piece studded with set-pieces. The narrative has a splendid ripe momentum, and each descriptive touch contributes a pang of vividness. By doing possible things impossibly well, the book achieves a major enchantment" (Times Literary Supplement)

"A mistress-piece of sustained and weirdly wonderful Gothic that's both intensely amusing and also provocatively serious. This is a big, superlatively imagined novel" (Observer)

"A remarkable book by any standards" (Guardian)

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'Raunchy, raucous...a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and animal variety' The Times

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• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099388618
• ISBN 13: 9780099388616
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368