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Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression--that is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real--a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town's populace: the sea serpent's tale shatters love's illusions; the fortune-teller's shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person's life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again. Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury.… (más)
A una pequeña población de Arizona llega un día un circo. Es algo que ocurre a menudo, y a nadie habría de extrañar, de no ser porque las "atracciones" del CIRCO DEL DR. LAO son sátiros, quimeras, unicornios, esfinges, sirenas, medusas y otros seres para los que ni siquiera existe nombre en el lenguaje de los mitos.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To Francis L. English who knows where Tu-jeng is this virtuos volume is thoughtfully inscribed
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In the Abalone (Arizona) Morning Tribune for August third there appeared on page five an advirtisement eight columns wide and twenty-one inches long.
Citas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"The world is my idea; as such I present it to you. I have my own set of weights and measures and my own table for computing values. You are privileged to have yours."
“Well, what in the world is the use of my living then, if I’m not going to be rich, not going to be married again, not going to know any more men?” “I don’t know,” confessed the prophet. “I only read futures. I don’t evaluate them.”
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression--that is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real--a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town's populace: the sea serpent's tale shatters love's illusions; the fortune-teller's shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person's life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again. Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury.
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