| Nights at the Circus Contributor(s): Carter, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140077030 ISBN-13: 9780140077032 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 85021407 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, her acclaimed novel about the exploits of a circus performer who is part-woman, part-swan Sophi Fevvers--the toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec--is an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour. The journey takes him--and the reader--on an intoxicating trip through turn-of-the-century London, St. Petersburg, and Siberia--a tour so magical that only Angela Carter could have created it. |