Beschreibung
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH WATERS
Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?
Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is anaerialiste extraordinaireand star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg and Siberia.
Autorenportrait
Angela Carter was born in 1940. She lived in Japan, the United States and Australia. Her first novel,Shadow Dance, was published in 1965. Her next book,The Magic Toyshop, won the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize and the next,Several Perceptions, the Somerset Maugham Award. She died in February 1992.
Schlagzeile
'Raunchy, raucous...a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and animal variety' The Times
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