num_pages: 432
description: A woman volunteers for a circus magic trick...and vanishes. When her husband sets out to discover what has happened, he is tortured, tempted, and analyzed and eventually sheds his identity and gains a new one-as a tightrope walker whose strength is his vulnerability. Photographs.
language: English
title: The Circus of the Earth and the Air
titlecomplete: The Circus of the Earth and the Air
genres: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 337
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Harvest Books