A tour de force of astonishing power and poetry, "Circus" uses the mystic panorama of a traveling mud show as a metaphor for the neverending cycle of life. Dwarves and roustabouts, clowns and elephants, freaks and puppet shows, snakes and ringmasters, talking beasts and a single elusory beauty all parade before a silently observant child over the course of a single day, engaging him as well as the reader with humor, ribaldry and prophetic wisdom.
A testament to the mystery of creation, "Circus" challenges and inspires. To read it is to celebrate everything majestic and terrible about the...
A tour de force of astonishing power and poetry, "Circus" uses the mystic panorama of a traveling mud show as a metaphor for the neverending cycle of ...
A tour de force of astonishing power and poetry, "Circus" uses the mystic panorama of a traveling mud show as a metaphor for the neverending cycle of life. Dwarves and roustabouts, clowns and elephants, freaks and puppet shows, snakes and ringmasters, talking beasts and a single elusory beauty all parade before a silently observant child over the course of a single day, engaging him as well as the reader with humor, ribaldry and prophetic wisdom.
A testament to the mystery of creation, "Circus" challenges and inspires. To read it is to celebrate everything majestic and terrible about the...
A tour de force of astonishing power and poetry, "Circus" uses the mystic panorama of a traveling mud show as a metaphor for the neverending cycle of ...
