The Night Circus; A Novel
New York: Doubleday, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover in a velvet slip case. The book format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.5 inches. The format for the slip case is approximately 6.75 inches by 9.75 inches. 387, [5] pages. Illustrations. Slipcase as the expected minor soiling. No dust jacket present. Signed by the author on the page following the verso. Decorative endpapers. Several small circular impressions on a couple of back pages. Erin Morgenstern (born July 8, 1978) is an American multimedia artist and the author of two fantasy novels. The Night Circus (2011) was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 and won the annual Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is a 2012 recipient of an Alex Award. Her second book, The Starless Sea, was published in 2019. Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus is a phantasmagorical fairy tale of magic and romance set in an historical late 19th century London. The book has drawn comparison with the Harry Potter series, as well as the works of Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Susanna Clarke, and Steven Millhauser. Summit Entertainment has contracted the film rights. In an interview with the School Library Journal, Morgenstern describes the short, self-contained chapters as reflecting the myriad tents of the circus, and the black and white with a splash of red motif as showing dangerous passion simmering just below the surface. The Night Circus was nominated for the 2011 Goodreads Fantasy Award, and spent seven weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway, a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love, a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Circus, First Novel, Debut Novel, Alex Award, Locus Award, Magicians, Acrobats, Love, Relationship, Rivalry, Passion, Performers, Imagination, Competition
ISBN: 9780835534635
[Book #85979]
Price: $375.00