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The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan

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The Invisible Circus

Author
Jennifer Egan
Narrator
Madeleine Lambert
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 December 1994
Run Time
11 hours 21 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age
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What to expect

In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of eighteen-year-old Phoebe O'Connor.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 that yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation.

Critics Review

  • “A startling book, full of unexpected words and sentences. And ideas. And events. Jennifer Egan is a highly original, unusually intelligent writer.”

    Alice Adams, New York Times bestselling author of Superior Women

  • “Mesmerizing...Told with great assurance and power...Egan portrays the sisters with a quiet, heartbreaking clarity.”

    New York Times Book Review

  • “Adroit...The Invisible Circus deals with a number of compelling themes...[Egan] infuses this book with considerable intelligence and sensitivity.”

    Baltimore Sun

  • “Searing...Keenly observed...Remarkable for its shapeliness and control...Egan’s strongest suit may be her language.”

    Newsday

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  • “Extraordinary...Egan’s gift for storytelling captures the era with extreme clarity...Her writing is so fresh that it raises goose bumps and causes the heart to race. One can hardly wait to read her next work.”

    St. Petersburg Times

  • “Elegant and brilliant...Spellbinding, heartbreaking, and told by a master.”

    Cosmopolitan

  • “Punches home like a blow to the stomach.”

    Elle

  • “Egan’s first novel is great reading. Recommended.”

    Library Journal

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Details
Author
Jennifer Egan
Narrator
Madeleine Lambert
Duration
11 hours 21 minutes
Release Date
1 December 1994
ISBN
9781620640067
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age

Synopsis

In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of eighteen-year-old Phoebe O'Connor.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 that yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith's lost generation.

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