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Carnival for the Gods

Gladys Swan

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Description:"One feels and tastes her world's weather, sees its terrain, and becomes involves with its people," wrote The Sewanee Review of Gladys Swan's On the Edge of the Desert, a collection of stories. These qualities -- and still more -- are found in this, her first novel.After long years on the road, the Carnival for the Gods has gone bust. Dusty--would-be impresario and former high-wire star--has struggled to transform this troupe into a feast for the imagination, but instead seees it broken down on a lonely New Mexico highway. Only a few haven't deserted: the giant whose gargantuan appetites don't begin to satisfy his need; the self-loathing midget, an encyclopedist of human freakishness; Billy, whose longing for true magic is mocked by his selight-of-hand talents; and Dusty's wife, Alta, a trapeze artist now bone-weary and middle-aged, tempted to leave her husband and the only life she's ever known.But Dusty turns up one last wild card--the Amazing Grace, a girl whose exotic dance is, he figures, his professional salvation, an act to convert tarnished sequins to gold. And once again the motley band is on the road, bound for a wide-open, unclaimed territory somewhere between the U.S. and Mexico, where, perhaps, dreams come true.In exploring the relation of life and art, magic and illusion, Carnival for the Gods is a fable as curiously enticing as the tattoo emblazoned under Grace's navel. But at the center of Swan's three-ring fiction are characters engaged in the dazzling feat of keeping a vision of beauty alvie against all earthly odds.Vintage Contemporaries OriginalWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Carnival for the Gods. To get started finding Carnival for the Gods, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "One feels and tastes her world's weather, sees its terrain, and becomes involves with its people," wrote The Sewanee Review of Gladys Swan's On the Edge of the Desert, a collection of stories. These qualities -- and still more -- are found in this, her first novel.After long years on the road, the Carnival for the Gods has gone bust. Dusty--would-be impresario and former high-wire star--has struggled to transform this troupe into a feast for the imagination, but instead seees it broken down on a lonely New Mexico highway. Only a few haven't deserted: the giant whose gargantuan appetites don't begin to satisfy his need; the self-loathing midget, an encyclopedist of human freakishness; Billy, whose longing for true magic is mocked by his selight-of-hand talents; and Dusty's wife, Alta, a trapeze artist now bone-weary and middle-aged, tempted to leave her husband and the only life she's ever known.But Dusty turns up one last wild card--the Amazing Grace, a girl whose exotic dance is, he figures, his professional salvation, an act to convert tarnished sequins to gold. And once again the motley band is on the road, bound for a wide-open, unclaimed territory somewhere between the U.S. and Mexico, where, perhaps, dreams come true.In exploring the relation of life and art, magic and illusion, Carnival for the Gods is a fable as curiously enticing as the tattoo emblazoned under Grace's navel. But at the center of Swan's three-ring fiction are characters engaged in the dazzling feat of keeping a vision of beauty alvie against all earthly odds.Vintage Contemporaries OriginalWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Carnival for the Gods. To get started finding Carnival for the Gods, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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