The Invisible Circus
About this book
In Jennifer Egan’s highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O’Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is obsessed with the memory and death of her sister Faith, a beautiful idealistic hippie who died in Italy in 1970. In order to find out the truth about Faith’s life and death, Phoebe retraces her steps from San Francisco across Europe, a quest which yields both complex and disturbing revelations about family, love, and Faith’s lost generation. This spellbinding novel introduced Egan’s remarkable ability to tie suspense with deeply insightful characters and the nuances of emotion.
Reader Profile
3.6/5 · 7603 readers · 338 pages · ≈ 6 h 16 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Invisible Circus?
About ≈ 6 h 16 m — 338 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Invisible Circus?
338 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Invisible Circus?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Invisible Circus in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Invisible Circus?
Jennifer Egan.