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- 395pages
- 14 heures de lecture
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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.
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Het onzichtbare circus, Jennifer Egan, Tjadine E. Stheeman
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1997,
- État du livre
- Bon
- Prix
- 1,99 €
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- Titre
- Het onzichtbare circus
- Langue
- Néerlandais
- Auteurs
- Jennifer Egan, Tjadine E. Stheeman
- Éditeur
- Arena
- Publié
- 1997
- Pages
- 395
- ISBN10
- 9069742659
- ISBN13
- 9789069742656
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Littérature contemporaine, Mort, Europe du Sud, Italie, Maturation, Roman social, Enquête, Suicide, Sœurs, Culpabilité, Vérité, RAF - Royal Air Force, Cartes postales
- Titre original
- The invisible circus
- Évaluation
- 3,4 sur 5
- Description
- 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.