A beautiful hardback edition of the modern fantasy classic, from the bestselling author of The Starless Sea.

''The only response to this novel is simply: wow. It is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell'' The Times

The circus arrives without warning.

It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon an iron gates reads:

Opens at Nightfall

Closes at Dawn

Full of breath-taking amazements, Le Cirque des Rêves seems to cast a spell over all who wander its circular paths. But behind the glittering acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists a fierce competition is underway.

Celia and Marco are two young magicians in the Circus, who have been trained since childhood for a deadly duel. With the lives of everyone at the Circus of Dreams at stake, they must test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love.

The circus is open.

Get ready to enter the fantastical world of the Night Circus.

''Lush, evocative, dreamlike...a magical, coming-of-age story'' Sunday Times

''A beguiling, gripping read... Morgenstern has crafted a thrilling and transporting tale'' Economist

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