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The Invisible Circus

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 t.

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  • "The invisible circus"@it
  • "Invisible circus"
  • "Invisible circus"@pl

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  • "In San Francisco, a conventional woman who has always been fascinated by her hippie sister, retraces the sister's European trip which ended in her death. In the process of learning more about her, the idol loses some of the glitter. A first novel."
  • "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 t."@en
  • "Een Amerikaans meisje volgt het spoor dat haar acht jaar oudere, inmiddels overleden zusje in Europa in de jaren zestig heeft getrokken."
  • "Obsessed with the memory of Faith, her older sister who died in 1970, Phoebe O'Connor feels compelled to retrace Faith's final steps in Europe."
  • "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.From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "Phoebe O'Connor war gerade 10 Jahre alt, als ihre Schwester Faith zu Tode kam. Seitdem ist sie besessen von der Erinnerung an ihre lebenshungrige Schwester. Nach einem Streit mit ihrer verwitweten Mutter verläßt Phoebe überstürzt das Haus. Sie flieht mitsamt der 18 Postkarten, die Faith geschrieben hatte, nach Europa, auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. London, Amsterdam, Belgien, Paris - Phoebe reist auf Faith' Spuren, die 1970 nichts ausgelassen hat - Demos, Drogen und die Träume von einer besseren Welt. In München trifft sie Wolf, Faith' Freund, mit ihm fährt sie nach Italien. Dort erfährt Phoebe, daß Faith Kontakt zur RAF hatte. Nach einem Bombenattentat, bei dem ein Unschuldiger zu Tode kam, kann Faith nicht mehr mit ihrer Schuld leben und springt von einer Klippe."
  • "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. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery"
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Bildungsromane"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Invisible circus : [a novel]"
  • "Het onzichtbare circus"
  • "Invisible circus"
  • "The Invisible Circus"@en
  • "The invisible circus : a novel"
  • "Uma história a três"
  • "La figlia dei fiori"@it
  • "La figlia dei fiori"
  • "The invisible circus"
  • "The invisible circus"@en
  • "La parade des anges"
  • "The invisible circus : [novel]"
  • "Niewidzialny cyrk"
  • "Niewidzialny cyrk"@pl
  • "Die Farbe der Erinnerung : Roman"
  • "Die Farbe der Erinnerung Roman"

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