Nights at the circus - angela carter

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber , her acclaimed novel about the exploits of a circus performer who is part-woman, part-swan Sophi Fevvers--the toast of Europes capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec--is an aerialiste extraordinaire , star of Colonel Kearneys circus.

She is also part woman, part swan.

Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevverss true identity: Is she part swan or all fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour.

The journey takes him--and the reader--on an intoxicating trip through turn-of-the-century London, St.

Petersburg, and Siberia--a tour so magical that only Angela Carter could have created it.