Monday, December 26, 2011

Photos Reminiscent of The Night Circus

I received the novel The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for Christmas. It's not exactly a mystery novel, and normally I like seemingly magical acts to have logical explanations, but I can't seem to put this book down.

The night circus of the title begins at nightfall and ends at dawn. The circus takes place underneath a spectacular clock, and all the mysterious performers are costumed exclusively in black and white.

Below are four of my photos that remind me of the magic of the book.

A friend of mine in a grove of trees in southern California.


The clock tower of Big Ben, with a gargoyle in the foreground.  


A clock on St. Paul's Cathedral in London.


Looking out into the world from a close in Edinburgh.

—Gigi

4 comments:

  1. Super-cool photos, Gigi! So atmospheric. I haven't read The Night Circus yet (it's on my TBR pile), but I think it would be great fun to do this in reverse and construct a narrative from your photos here. They have precisely the kind of atmosphere I go gaga over!

    The first one reminds me of Shakespeare somehow--I guess I'm picturing Puck or Ariel dancing in the forest.

    Thanks for sharing them!

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  2. Thanks, Nancy! I'm such a visual thinker that I often can't remember if I read a passage in a book or saw it in a movie, since I "see" things so clearly if an author has made the scene evocative. So my mystery writing and mysterious photography is very much linked to me.

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  3. My brother passed the Night Circus along to me after he finished the book. I loved it so much I bought 3 copies to give as Christmas presents. It's not a mystery in the true sense of the genre, but the imagery evoked by the writing is mysterious and wonderful. A great book. And I love your pix,

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  4. Tiger, I have a feeling I'll be buying the book for gifts in the future as well. I'm definitely going to keep this copy for myself :)

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