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The Invisible Circus

By Jennifer Egan

By Jennifer Egan

By Jennifer Egan

By Jennifer Egan

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Paperback $16.95

Oct 09, 2007 | ISBN 9780307387523

Ebook $11.99

Sep 29, 2010 | ISBN 9780307765185

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    About The Invisible Circus

    The highly acclaimed debut novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Good Squad follows two sisters in the 1970s—one lost, one seeking—on “a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain” (The New Yorker).

    The political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen, in 1978. 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 Egan’s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.

    About The Invisible Circus

    The highly acclaimed debut novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Visit from the Good Squad follows two sisters in the 1970s—one lost, one seeking—on “a trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain” (The New Yorker).

    The political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen, in 1978. 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 Egan’s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.

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    Also by Jennifer Egan

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    Also by Jennifer Egan

    Why China?
    A Visit from the Goon Squad
    Emerald City
    The Keep
    Look at Me
    See all books by Jennifer Egan

    About Jennifer Egan

    Jennifer Egan is the author of The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction appears… More about Jennifer Egan

    About Jennifer Egan

    Jennifer Egan is the author of The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, and Ploughshares, and her nonfiction appears… More about Jennifer Egan

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Anchor
    Oct 09, 2007 | 352 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307387523

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Sep 29, 2010 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780307765185
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    Praise

    “Mesmerizing. . . . Told with great assurance and power. . . . Egan portrays the sisters with a quiet, heartbreaking clarity.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Wonderful. . . . Words glide through her fingers and enter the pores like cool San Francisco fog.”
    —Los Angeles Times Book Review

    “Brilliant in its authenticity and overwhelming passion.”
    —The Boston Globe

    “A trip that takes the reader through stunning emotional terrain.”
    —The New Yorker

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