In a small salt-mining town, Philbert is born with a ‘taupe’, a disfiguring inflammation of the skull. Abandoned by both parents and with only a pet pig for company, he eventually finds refuge and companionship in a travelling carnival, Maulwerf’s Fair of Wonders, as it makes its annual migration across Germany bringing entertainment to a people beset by famine, repression and revolutionary ferment.
Philbert soon finds a caring family in Hermann the Fish Man, Lita, the Dancing Dwarf, Frau Fet...
Рейтинг LiveLib
0
0 оценок
Эту книгу пока никто не оценил, ваша оценка может стать первой