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Orphans of the Carnival
Carol Birch
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Description for Orphans of the Carnival
Paperback. The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach's Menagerie Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A life in the spotlight will keep anyone hidden. Julia Pastrana is the singing and dancing marvel from Mexico. She is heralded across nineteenth-century Europe as much for her talent as for her unusual looks. Yet few can see past her freakish appearance to the ambitious woman within. Orphans of the Carnival sweeps us from the music halls of Vienna to an attic in modern-day South London, playing out an epic tale of grit, love, music and the triumph of the human spirit pushed to extremes.
A life in the spotlight will keep anyone hidden. Julia Pastrana is the singing and dancing marvel from Mexico. She is heralded across nineteenth-century Europe as much for her talent as for her unusual looks. Yet few can see past her freakish appearance to the ambitious woman within. Orphans of the Carnival sweeps us from the music halls of Vienna to an attic in modern-day South London, playing out an epic tale of grit, love, music and the triumph of the human spirit pushed to extremes.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782116561
SKU
V9781782116561
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Ref
99-72
About Carol Birch
Carol Birch is the author of ten previous novels, including Scapegallows (2008) and Turn Again Home (2003) which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She has also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the David Higham Award for Best First Novel. Jamrach's Menagerie was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction ... Read more
Reviews for Orphans of the Carnival
Strange and beautiful . . . Captures the lost world of carnivals and smoky backstreet theatres with hallucinatory vividness
The Times
Tender and shocking . . . [Julia] has an intrepid taste for adventure
Guardian
A rich and wonderful book
M.R. CAREY, author of THE GIRL WITH ... Read more
The Times
Tender and shocking . . . [Julia] has an intrepid taste for adventure
Guardian
A rich and wonderful book
M.R. CAREY, author of THE GIRL WITH ... Read more