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 Europe’s capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec–is an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney’s circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers’s 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.
Author: Angela Carter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/04/1986
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780140077032
Language: English
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