Nights at the Circus
Angela Carter
295 pages,
ISBN: 0670803758
ISBN13:
Language: English
Publish: February 15, 1985
ClassicsFantasyFeminismFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionLiteratureMagical RealismNovels
American journalist Jack Walser travels with an enchanted circus that features literate chimpanzees, tragic clowns, idealist brigands, a structuralist Siberian shaman, and a six-foot, two-inch blond aerialist who is part swan and part woman