The Invisible Circus

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Literary, Historical
Cover of the book The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Jennifer Egan ISBN: 9780307765185
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: September 29, 2010
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Jennifer Egan
ISBN: 9780307765185
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: September 29, 2010
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

In Jennifer Egan’s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen. 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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In Jennifer Egan’s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen. 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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