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Circus
Norwegian title: Cirkus
Funny, elegant and entertaining novel about a traveling circus and a woman's fateful choice. A cynical, self-centered businesswoman inherits a circus and sets out on a journey that introduces her to a world of traditions, dedication and camaraderie that gradually causes her to reevaluate how she'll spend the rest of her life.Sold to Germany, Italy, France and Estonia before it was launched in Norway!Hovden has succeeded in writing a colourful, satirical and catchy novel.DAGBLADETSend in the Clowns! ‘"I would rather shovel Elephant muck!" seems to be the moral of this cross over between Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred Year Old Who Climed out the Window and Wall Street. In other words likeable and well written entertainment.’STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
Material available
- ✓ Synopsis & author CV
- ✓ Full manuscript (Norwegian)
- ✓ Sample translation on request
Original publisher
Cappelen Damm
Publication
2019
Length
320 pages
Format
Hardback
Genre
UpLit / Literature and Fiction
Foreign rights
Sold to 4 territories
- Estoniacontract signed 2019Tänapäev Publishers
- Francecontract signed 2019Les Editions du Seuil
- Germanycontract signed 2019Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur
- Italycontract signed 2019Fabbri Editore / Mondadori
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