Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon an iron gates reads:
Opens at Nightfall
Closes at Dawn
Full of breath-taking amazements and open only at night, Le Cirque des Rêves seems to cast a spell over all who wander its circular paths. But behind the glittering acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists a fierce competition is underway.
Celia and Marco are two young magicians who have been trained since childhood for a deadly duel. With the lives of everyone at the Circus of Dreams at stake, they must test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love.
Our bookseller says:
'An astonishingly beautiful book, full of lush descriptions of a circus you'll long to visit for yourself. Inventive and fun, this love story will drag you in and never leave you again. It's nearly 15 years since I read it and I still find myself thinking about it.'
Published by Vintage