{"product_id":"nights-at-the-circus-by-angela-carter","title":"‘Nights at the Circus’ by Angela Carter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden min-h-8 relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, Sophie Fevvers is the toast of Europe: six feet two, extravagantly blonde, spectacularly theatrical, and apparently equipped with a pair of fully functional wings.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBUT, the question is, is she fact, fraud, or something stranger? American journalist Jack Walser sets out to investigate and is promptly pulled into her orbit, following Fevvers and Colonel Kearney’s circus from London to St Petersburg and across Siberia. First published in 1984, \u003cem\u003eNights at the Circus\u003c\/em\u003e is carnivalesque, feminist, bawdy, Gothic and gleefully hostile to the idea that reality should behave itself. The circus becomes a machine for scrambling categories — human and animal, masculine and feminine, spectacle and authenticity, freedom and captivity. Fevvers herself is both performer and theorist of performance, continually forcing the question of whether identity is something possessed, invented, sold, or simply repeated convincingly enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the exuberance, Carter is interested in power: who gets looked at, who gets believed, and what happens when the object of spectacle learns to control the terms of the gaze. This Vintage edition includes an introduction by Sarah Waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\/Condition: Vintage, London, 2006. Paperback. Later printing of the Vintage edition, with introduction by Sarah Waters. Light shelf wear and minor handling marks to covers; a little edge wear. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46222717976659,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_80.png?v=1789104778","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/nights-at-the-circus-by-angela-carter","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}