THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern

5 out of 5

• Pub. Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Sold By: Random House
• Format: NOOK Book (eBook) , 384pp

First paragraph:

"The man billed as Prospero the Enchanter receives a fair amount of correspondence via the theater office, but this is the first envelope addressed to him that contains a suicide note, and is also the first to arrive carefully pinned to the coat of a five-year-old girl."

My view:

If you like classic literature and contemporary literary fiction you will love this book. This literary novel is full of twists and turns, reality and magic, even so it is often difficult to know which is illusion and which is reality.

For those who like fantasy, you are in for a real treat...This will definitely be one of my favorite reads of 2011.

"Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart..."

Synopsis: 

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazement. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

Author:

ERIN MORGENSTERN is a writer and multimedia artist who describes all her work as being “fairy tales in one way or another.” She lives in Massachusetts with her husband.