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Bartholomew Fortuno, the World’s Thinnest Man, believes that his unusual body is a gift. Hired by none other than P. T. Barnum to work at his spectacular American Museum – a modern marvel of macabre displays and live performances by Barnum’s cast of freaks and oddities – Fortuno has reached the pinnacle of his career. But after a decade of solid performance, he finds his contentment flagging. When a carriage pulls up outside the museum in the dead of night, bearing Barnum and a mysterious veiled woman – rumoured to be a new performer – Fortuno’s curiosity is piqued. And when Barnum asks Fortuno to follow her and report back on her whereabouts, his world is turned upside-down. Who is she? Why is Barnum so obsessed? And why has she taken such a hold of the hearts of those around her?
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno is a moving novel about human appetites and longings, exploring, in pitch-perfect prose, what it means to be profoundly unique – and the power of love to transcend even the greatest divisions.
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno ‘brings alive the curious world of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum . . . transforming in the process the freaks and prodigies into heartbreaking people. Bryson is bedazzling, a real writer of extraordinary bravado.’ Keith Donohue, author of Angels of Destruction and The Stolen Child
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An enchanting love story set in P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York City, 1865
L'autore:
Ellen Bryson holds a BA in English from Columbia University and an MA in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University’s Advanced Academics Program in Washington, DC. Formerly a modern dancer, she recently moved from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she and her husband danced tango. She now lives in southern California. This is her first novel.
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- EditorePicador
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 0330518860
- ISBN 13 9780330518864
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine256
- Valutazione libreria
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