ERIN MORGENSTERN is the author of The Night Circus, a number-one national best seller that has been sold around the world and translated into thirty-seven languages. She has a degree in theater from Smith College and lives in Massachusetts.
Praise for THE NIGHT CIRCUS:
"The Night Circus made me happy. Playful and intensely imaginative,
Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for
and she has populated it with dueling love-struck magicians,
precocious kittens, hyper-elegant displays of beauty and
complicated clocks. This is a marvelous book."
-- Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife
"If this novel is just cotton candy, it's cotton candy spun from
strands of edible silver...With no more lust than a late volume of
Harry Potter, Morgenstern manages to conjure up a love story for
adults that feels luxuriously romantic. When Celia calls their
circus a 'wonder and comfort and mystery all together,' she could
have been talking about this book."
--Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"A Romeo and Juliet tale drenched in magic realism, The Night
Circus defies both genres and expectations. In short, it's a
showstopper."
--The Boston Globe
“Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus, is quietly,
enchantingly perfect…reading this novel is like having a marvelous
dream, in which you are asleep enough to believe everything that is
happening, but awake enough to relish the experience and understand
that it is magical.”
--Newsday
“[A] dark and extravagantly imagined debut…The plot follows the
separate and then intertwining lives of Celia and Marco, both
forced to spend their lives pitting their unusual talents against
each other in a cruel competition. But their world is Morgenstern’s
most vivid creation, a fantastical circus featuring illusionists
whose powers transcend mere sleight of hand; like those performers,
the author entices her audience to suspend disbelief and rewards
its members with captivating pleasure.”
--People magazine
"Morgenstern's exquisitely realized world will have the reader
wishing to run off and join this circus."
--USA Today
"Morgenstern’s Circus is the stuff that dreams are made of, and
nothing short of a wild ride."
--Elle magazine
"Magical. Enchanting. Spellbinding. Mesmerizing."
--Associated Press
"[A] few pages into this story of a mysterious circus and its two
stars, a young man and a woman who are both capable of real magic,
and you know you are in the presence of an extraordinary
storyteller."
--The Daily Beast
“Morgenstern’s novel feels crafted from the fabric of a dream, and
the circus itself never fails to astound. For me, the only real
disappointment was that I couldn’t buy a ticket.”
--The Christian Science Monitor
"[T]he world of The Night Circus is elaborately designed,
fantastically imagined and instantly intoxicating -- as if the
reader had downed a glass of absinthe and leapt into a
hallucination."
--Rachel Syme for NPR.org
"Two star-crossed magicians, Celia and Marco, duel for supremacy
against the backdrop of a big top unlike any other. Morgenstern
conjures up a world of dark enchantment and romance in this
dazzling foray into the dreamscape of illusion."
--Family Circle
"A beguiling, gripping read...Ms. Morgenstern has crafted a
thrilling and transporting tale. In so doing she makes it clear
that of all the shapes magic may take, storytelling is often the
most powerful of them all."
--The Economist
"Debut author Morgenstern doesn't miss a beat in this smashing tale
of greed, fate, and love...a giant, magical story destined for
bestsellerdom. This is an electric debut on par with Special Topics
in Calamity Physics."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Self-assured, entertaining debut that blends genres and crosses
continents in quest of magic… Generous in its vision and fun to
read. Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the
franchise trimmings."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“To enter the black-and-white-striped tents of Le Cirque des Rêves
is to enter a world where objects really do turn into birds and
people really do disappear…Debut novelist Morgenstern has written a
19th-century flight of fancy that is, nevertheless, completely
believable. The smells, textures, sounds, and sights are almost
palpable. A literary Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, this read is completely
magical.”
—Library Journal, starred review
"This big and compelling first novel ushers in a menacing tone with
its first sentence: "The circus arrives without warning."...With
appeal for readers not particularly geared to fantasy but who
plainly enjoy an unusual and well-drawn story, this one will make a
good crossover suggestion."
--Booklist, starred review
“‘Dark as soot and bright as sparks,’ The Night Circus still holds
me willingly captive in a world of almost unbearable beauty. This
is a love story on a grand scale: it creates, it destroys, it
ultimately transcends. Take a bow, Erin Morgenstern. This is one of
the best books I have ever read.”
—Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader
“A riveting debut. The Night Circus pulls you into a world as dark
as it is dazzling, fully-realized but still something out of a
dream. You will not want to leave it.”
—Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife
"Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no
escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities --
engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you
choose to read just one novel this year, this is it."
—Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology
"Pure pleasure...Erin Morgenstern is a gifted, classic storyteller,
a tale-teller, a spinner of the charmed and mesmerizing -- I had
many other things I was supposed to be doing, but the book kept
drawing me back in and I tore through it. You can be certain
this riveting debut will create a group of rêveurs all its
own."
—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
“The Night Circus is a gorgeously imagined fable poised in the high
latitudes of Hans Christian Anderson and Oscar Wilde, with a few
degrees toward Hesse’s “Steppenwolf” for dangerous spice. The tale
is masterfully written and invites allegorical interpretations even
as its leisurely but persistent suspense gives it compelling charm.
An enchanting read.”
—Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love
"The Night Circus is a very atmospheric tale in which things are
seen in the half-light of another century's lamps. Morgenstern
makes much of these shadows. She also clearly savors objects such
as unusual clocks, vanishing rings, flaming cauldrons and strange
carousels, and will make you savor them as well."
--Los Angeles Times
"Puts me in mind of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes
lightened up by Harry Potter. This will be big."
--Library Journal
"This dueling-sorcerers premise brings to mind Susanna Clarke's
magnificent 2004 novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr.
Norrell...[Morgenstern] employs her supple prose to conjure up a
series of wonders: A maze made of clouds, a ship of books floating
on a sea of ink, a tent that seems to contain a vast desert."
--Salon.com
"Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus is a standout. With echoes of
Alice Hoffman (fairy tale magic), Audrey Niffenegger (teleporting)
and J.K. Rowling (young wizards, here magicians), Morgenstern's
debut is lifted by its poetic writing, winking literary allusions
and thematic cohesion."
--The Kansas City Star
"Erin Morgenstern has crafted a debut that is original and
surprising and fitted it with a wonderful conclusion. She's
revealed herself as a writer worthy of notice."
--The Denver Post
"If the preamble -- so aptly titled 'Anticipation' -- doesn't make
you sit right down on the floor of your library or bookstore to see
what Morgenstern conjures up next, you may not be the right reader
for this novel. I'll wager, however, that you will fall quickly
under her spell."
--Star Tribune
"So should you read Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night
Circus? The short answer: 'Yes.' The Book is engaging and magical,
entrancing the reader every step of the way."
--Huffington Post
"The circus is a veritable cornucopia of sights and sounds and
appetizing scents. It is a fantasia, a fairy tale writ large and
come to life."
--Slant Magazine
"The Night Circus succeeds on a grand scale...Morgenstern's lush
descriptions are magnetic, as if conjured by spell. The joy of
reading this book is its offer of pure escapism."
--Nashville Scene
A circus-Le Cirque des Reves-mysteriously appears at night, remains open only during hours of darkness, and then just as mysteriously disappears. But unknown to its visitors, the circus is really a venue for a dangerous game between two talented young illusionists whose magic is real. Bound to each other by their masters, Celia and Marco are forced to challenge each other to increasingly dangerous feats and displays of sorcery. But the real challenges come when respect and love blooms between them. Morgenstern's wonderful novel is made all the more enchanting by top-notch narration from the incomparable Jim Dale. The voices he creates add depth and nuance to the book's characters. And while some of those voices may echo his work on the Harry Potter series, they are nonetheless perfectly suited to Morgenstern's characters. Mesmerizing from the very start, this audio version will enchant listeners. A Doubleday hardcover. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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