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Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti (2011)

por Genevieve Valentine

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"Outside any city still standing, the Mechanical Circus Tresaulti sets up its tents. Crowds pack the benches to gawk at the brass-and-copper troupe and their impossible feats: Ayar the Strong Man, the acrobatic Grimaldi Brothers, fearless Elena and her aerialists who perform on living trapezes. War is everywhere, but while the Circus is performing, the world is magic. That magic is no accident: Boss builds her circus from the bones out, molding a mechanical company that will survive the unforgiving landscape. But even a careful ringmaster can make mistakes. Two of Tresaulti's performers are trapped in a secret stand-off that threatens to tear the Circus apart, just as the war lands on their doorstep. Now they must fight a war on two fronts: one from the outside, and a more dangerous one from within..."--P. [4] of cover.… (más)
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Respeitável público, o Circo voltou! Em 2016, O Circo Mecânico Tresaulti está de volta. E em grande estilo. Quem conhece a DarkSide® sabe o que isso quer dizer: Limited Edition, em capa dura. Num mundo pós-apocalíptico, onde as pessoas não tem mais acesso à tecnologias de ponta, uma caravana leva esperança por onde passa. Os artistas são sobreviventes de guerra, que tiveram seus corpos mutilados reconstruídos com complexas estruturas mecânicas.
  matheus1berto21 | Jul 14, 2021 |
Mechanique is the story of a circus in another world, a world that's been at war for hundreds of years, and a circus filled with mechanical people who cannot die. Various despots in the countries where the circus works envy the circus its mechanical, deathless people, and want to discover how the magic works.

The characters are compelling and original, the writing is lovely, the plot is utterly unusual and unique. There are no world-saving schemes, no messiahs, no saviours, no quests, no war between Good and Evil--just a collection of very strange people making something beautiful in an ugly world. I read it in a morning. Well worth picking up--even if you think you don't like fantasy novels. ( )
1 vota andrea_mcd | Mar 10, 2020 |
This book won't be for everyone, and everything I loved - the terse and taut writing style, the ruthless characterisation, the unflinching slow collision of tragedies and unravelling of mysteries - might be something others don't like. True for everything, and I really did love this.

It's about belonging and being outside, it's about refuge and sacrifice, it's about wanting and about refusing... it's about loving someone so hard and for so long that you no longer see them, and hating someone so closely that you need them. And it's all delivered with the elegance of poetry, or performance, but no airy-fairy nonsense. The language is picked for punch and the author does not care to hide behind polysyllabic show-off words (...unlike me :D).

But it lingers, and well after I closed the final page, I'm still thinking about the story, the themes, the characters. And that is the real mark of something strong and enduring. ( )
  cupiscent | Aug 3, 2019 |
Deeper than expected.. still doesn't beat out Something Wicked or Night Circus (who knew I'd like so much circus fiction? {I dislike clowns... very much.})
I want to watch Carnevale again. ( )
  kmajort | Feb 9, 2018 |
An intriguing novel driven by the conflicts of the characters and the secrets of the mysterious circus that binds them together.

The characters never really stuck for me, but they are mostly just vehicles to move the conflict forward. Given the number of people in a circus, Valentine does well to give each character just enough of a feature to pin them into the story without having to flesh out a deep and reasonable psychology.

Overall, a good take on the steampunk genre, with a good variety of twist and variation to make the tired tropes of cogs and brass into something new and interesting. ( )
  Beniaminus | Nov 1, 2017 |
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[I]n a highwire act of her own, Valentine still raises the novel above the ordinary through her ability to convey the richness of the circus performers’ emotional lives, coupled with impressive writing. . .
 
añadido por nsblumenfeld | editarLocus Online, Faren Miller (May 14, 2011)
 
añadido por nsblumenfeld | editartor.com, Nina Lourie (May 5, 2011)
 
añadido por nsblumenfeld | editarThe A.V. Club, Jason Heller (Apr 28, 2011)
 
Genevieve Valentine's Mechanique, a steampunk/post-apocalyptic/magical-realist/paranormal adventure, is one of those rare books that will transform your understanding of genre. It's a genuinely literary book that uses the elements of genre to tell the truth about people. Fittingly for a book about acrobats and tumblers, this book both soars and confounds your expectations.
añadido por ShelfMonkey | editario9, Charlie Jane Anders (Apr 27, 2011)
 
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"Outside any city still standing, the Mechanical Circus Tresaulti sets up its tents. Crowds pack the benches to gawk at the brass-and-copper troupe and their impossible feats: Ayar the Strong Man, the acrobatic Grimaldi Brothers, fearless Elena and her aerialists who perform on living trapezes. War is everywhere, but while the Circus is performing, the world is magic. That magic is no accident: Boss builds her circus from the bones out, molding a mechanical company that will survive the unforgiving landscape. But even a careful ringmaster can make mistakes. Two of Tresaulti's performers are trapped in a secret stand-off that threatens to tear the Circus apart, just as the war lands on their doorstep. Now they must fight a war on two fronts: one from the outside, and a more dangerous one from within..."--P. [4] of cover.

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