The Night Circus\Der Nachtzirkus, englische Ausgabe
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It
is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the
black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique
experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque
des Reves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway - a duel
between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained
since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial
instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one
can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a
remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves,
however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep,
magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm
whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone
involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the
patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the
daring acrobats overhead.
