The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads:
Opens at Nightfalll
Closes at Dawn
As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign appears.
Le Cirque des Rêves
The Circus of Dreams.
Now the circus is open.
Now you may enter.
The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads:
Opens at Nightfalll
Closes at Dawn
As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign appears.
Le Cirque des Rêves
The Circus of Dreams.
Now the circus is open.
Now you may enter.
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Erin Morgenstern's Best-Selling and much loved debut novel The Night Circus releases tomorrow - May 24th 2012 - in paperback from Vintage Books, £7.99, ebook available
Find out more about The Night Circus on the Vintage Books Website
To celebrate the launch of The Night Circus in paperback Vintage Books have organised this fabulous Blog Tour. Below you can read an exclusive extract of The Night Circus. You can also enter to win a great Night Circus Party Pack which feature a reading guide, author interview, balloons, sweets and circus themed recipe along with a copy of the book -- everything you need to host your very own Night Circus themed reading group party!
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Haven't read NIGHT CIRUS yet, but I really want to. It sounds so exotic and I love the idea of the circus setting
ReplyDeleteI really want to read this book after that excerpt! So amazing :)
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