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Language
English
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
Author
Publisher
Azbuka
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Russian
Description
"I︠A︡kobu I︠A︡nkovskomu ne vezet -- nishchiĭ, poteri︠a︡vshiĭ roditeleĭ, bez raboty, on vynuzhden skitatʹsi︠a︡ po Amerike perioda Velikoĭ depressii, poka odnazhdy ne popadaet v poezd, prinadlezhashchiĭ t︠s︡irku bratʹev Benzini, "samomu velikolepnomu na zemle". Zdesʹ-to on i nakhodit svoe mesto pod solnt︠s︡em -- ustraivaetsi︠a︡ rabotatʹ veterinarom. Tak t︠s︡irk na kolesakh stanovitsi︠a︡ dli︠a︡ nego, s...
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