The Invisible CircusIn 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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Gebruikersrecensie - dbsovereign - LibraryThingA wonderful novel detailing one woman's search for the truth behind her sister's suicide. In the process she grows up and faces some uncomfortable truths about her family's past. On her journey ... Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - jpe9 - LibraryThingThe title refers partly to a Diggers' sponsored happening in late 1960s San Francisco, which was a strong influence on the book's characters Wolf and Faith. Faith is the dead older sister of the main ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
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Gedeelte 3 | 31 |
Gedeelte 4 | 45 |
Gedeelte 5 | 59 |
Gedeelte 6 | 73 |
Gedeelte 7 | 84 |
Gedeelte 8 | 99 |
Gedeelte 13 | 167 |
Gedeelte 14 | 181 |
Gedeelte 15 | 197 |
Gedeelte 16 | 211 |
Gedeelte 17 | 237 |
Gedeelte 18 | 253 |
Gedeelte 19 | 263 |
Gedeelte 20 | 281 |
Overige edities - Alles weergeven
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Aldo Moro arms backpack Barry's began breathing Carla chest church cigarette Corniglia dark door empty Epernay everything eyes face Faith father feel finally gaze girl glass Golden Gate Bridge gone grinned hair hand happened Horst Mahler inside Invisible Circus Jack Jennifer Egan Karl kids Kyle Laker Airways laughed legs lifted light mother moved Munich never Nico night Okay paintings pause Phoebe and Barry Phoebe asked Phoebe felt Phoebe found Phoebe heard Phoebe leaned Phoebe looked Phoebe nodded Phoebe saw Phoebe sensed Phoebe stared Phoebe thought Phoebe turned Phoebe wanted Phoebe watched Phoebe's Pietro pulled remember seemed she'd shook her head shut silence sister sleep smell smiled smoke someone sound stood stopped street thing tiny took touched Ulrike Meinhof voice waited walked wall window Wolf Wolf looked Wolf's wondered
Populaire passages
Pagina 13 - She lost herself in these contemplations, her own life falling away like a husk as she sank into the rich, bottomless well of her sister's absence.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Invisible Circus |
| Auteur | Jennifer Egan |
| Editie | herdruk |
| Uitgever | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307765180, 9780307765185 |
| Lengte | 352 pagina's |
| Citatie exporteren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |