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The Invisible Circus
Jennifer Egan
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Description for The Invisible Circus
Paperback. From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning A Visit From the Goon Squad. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced ... Read more
In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith's life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780331225
SKU
V9781780331225
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About Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan was born in Chicago and raised in San Francisco. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and St John's College, Cambridge. She is the author of four novels, The Invisible Circus, Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award, The Keep, and the bestselling, A Visit from the Goon Squad which won the Pulitzer Prize and a ... Read more
Reviews for The Invisible Circus
If there were justice in the world, no one would be allowed to write a first novel of such beauty and accomplishment.
Pat Conroy Elegant and brilliant....spellbinding, heartbreaking, and told by a master.
Cosmopolitan
Mesmerizing....told with great assurance and power....Ms. Egan portrays the sisters with a quiet, heartbreaking clarity.
New York Times Book Review
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Pat Conroy Elegant and brilliant....spellbinding, heartbreaking, and told by a master.
Cosmopolitan
Mesmerizing....told with great assurance and power....Ms. Egan portrays the sisters with a quiet, heartbreaking clarity.
New York Times Book Review
Punches ... Read more