The Night Circus
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:6th Oct '16
Should be back in stock very soon
Run away and join the night circus - magical performances, inexplicable marvels, rivalry and love.
What would be your act?
When the tents are aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign lights up:
Le Cirque des Rêves
The Circus of Dreams
The gates shudder and unlock, seemingly by their own volition.
Beyond the gates of Le Cirque des Rêves, the ordinary world falls away.
The circus arrives without warning. Yesterday it was not there. Today, beneath the grey sky, its towering tents are striped in black and white.
A sign hanging upon the iron gates reads:
Opens at Nightfall
Closes at Dawn
As dusk deepens, tiny lights begin to flicker across the tents until the whole circus seems covered in fireflies. Then another sign lights up: Le Cirque des Rêves. The Circus of Dreams. The gates shudder, unlock and swing open.
Now the circus is open. Now you may enter.
The Night Circus is an enchanting fantasy novel about magic, performance, wonder and illusion. Richly visual and atmospheric, Erin Morgenstern’s world of black-and-white tents invites readers into a dreamlike circus where every act offers a different kind of marvel.
A magical fantasy for readers drawn to mystery, spectacle and stories that unfold after dark.
This is a marvellous book. Playful and intensely imaginative, Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for -- Audrey Niffenegger
The only response to this novel is simply: wow. It is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell * The Times *
Enchanting ... I was compelled by the world itself - by its saturated colours and textures, its unexpected smells and tastes. It is - a surprisingly rare thing in fiction - a strikingly beautiful world, in spite of its darkness -- Claire Messud * Guardian *
A riveting debut. The Night Circus pulls you into a world as dark as it is dazzling, fully-realized but still something out of a dream. You will not want to leave it -- Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife
Dark and dreamy; a captivating love story * Stylist *
Lushly imagined, extremely charming and very, very readable -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
One of the most beautiful novels of the year * Observer *
Deliciously inventive... Don't imagine this is a light, frothy tale. For all her humorous touches, Morgernstern ... has produced something darker than night -- Mary Crockett * Scotsman *
Lush, evocative, dreamlike... a magical, coming-of-age story * Sunday Times *
Pure pleasure... Erin Morgenstern is a gifted, classic storyteller, a tale-teller, a spinner of the charmed and mesmerizing - I had many other things I was supposed to be doing, but the book kept drawing me back in and I tore through it. You can be certain this riveting debut will create a group of rêveurs all its own. * Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake *
ISBN: 9781784871055
Dimensions: 188mm x 129mm x 33mm
Weight: 444g
656 pages