The Ringmaster's Daughter
Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he sees around her neck an amber charmjust like the one he gave his own child before she was swept away in a torrent 16 years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and a...
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Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he sees around her neck an amber charmjust like the one he gave his own child before she was swept away in a torrent 16 years earlier. This tale is narrated by Petter, a precocious child and a fantasist, and perhaps Jostein Gaarder’s most intriguing creation since Sophie. Petter makes his living selling stories and ideas to authors suffering from writer’s block. It’s a lucrative trade, but as he sits like a spider in the center of his web, Petter finds himself in a trap of his own making. Jostein Gaarder is the author of Sophie's World, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780753817001 (0753817004)
Publish date: September 1st 2003
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
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I can't stand the widely acclaimed "Sophie's World" that made a bestselling author out of Gaarder.And yet, in my opinion, this novel has been a good reading.Sikusdirektoerens datter ("The circus director's daughter" that became "The storyseller" into Italian) is an interesting attempt of making an u...