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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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