The Night Circus

　　In 1886, a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entirely in black and white, Le Cirque des Reves delights all who wander its circular paths and warm themselves at its bonfire.

　　Although there are acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists, the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds, some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados, who call themselves the reveurs - the dreamers. At the heart of the story is the tangled relationship between two young magicians, Celia, the enchanter's daughter, and Marco, the sorcerer's apprentice. At the behest of their shadowy masters, they find themselves locked in a deadly contest, forced to test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love...

　　A fabulous, fin-de-siecle feast for the senses and a life-affirming love story, The Night Circus is a captivating novel that will make the real world seem fantastical and a fantasy world real.

　　時間是1886年，一個神祕的巡迴馬戲團在各國引燃一股風潮。所有陳設裝置只有黑、白二色，Le Cirque des Reves取悅所有它的訪客，他們在環狀步道上漫遊，在營火邊烤火取暖，為之深深著迷。

　　儘管也有空中飛人、算命師跟雜耍家。這個夢之馬戲團呈現的絕不是一般場景。一切的核心，其實是兩個年輕魔術師的交會，Celia－魔術師的女兒，與Marco－法師的學徒。在導師的意志下，這兩個魔術師必須進行一場死亡對決，用上他們最極致的法術與想像力，以及他們所深愛的一切……　(文/薩蘭嘉德)