{"product_id":"nights-at-the-circus-angela-carter","title":"Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to the circus - strange, dirty and shameless, this is the greatest show on Earth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSophie Fevvers is a seductress, a braggart and an ariel performer in Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADER LOVE - JOIN THE CIRCUS:\u003cbr\u003e'My God. What a breathtaking journey.'\u003cbr\u003e'It plays itself out like a fabulous carnival.'\u003cbr\u003e'Now I'm done, and I don't know what to do with myself'\u003cbr\u003e'[B]eautifully written and surprisingly life-affirming, while also being strange, sly, and sexed-up'\u003cbr\u003e'Angela Carter's world is, as always, a dirty, earthy, erotic, yet soaringly ethereal place to spend one's time'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Classics Weird Girls series: Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of weird fiction with nine books by nine pioneering female authors. Bold, disruptive, chilling and enchanting, these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAngela Carter \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1940. She lived in Japan, the United States and Australia. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eShadow Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1965. Her next book, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Toyshop\u003c\/i\u003e, won the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize and the next, \u003ci\u003eSeveral Perceptions\u003c\/i\u003e, the Somerset Maugham Award. She died in February 1992.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65820714107229,"sku":"K098535365","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9853536500001A.jpg?v=1788628938","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/nights-at-the-circus-angela-carter","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}