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The Ringmaster's Daughter

Jostein Gaarder

The theme of a father finding a long-lost daughter runs through this novel which is told by Petter, a precocious child and fantasist. Petter's magical interior world contains Metre Man, a midget with a green felt cap and a bamboo cane; Metre Man runs his life and urges him to do things.

GenresFathers and daughtersFictionMissing childrenGhostwriters

215 pages, 6 editions

English edition · First published 2002 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson · ISBN 9780297829232

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Editions

6 editions

English

  • The Ringmaster's Daughter · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 2002 · ISBN 9780297829232 This page
  • The Ringmaster's Daughter · Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 2010 · ISBN 9780297864035
  • The Ringmaster's Daughter · W.F. Howes · 2003 · ISBN 9781841976068
  • The Ringmaster's Daughter · Phoenix · 2002 · ISBN 9780753817155
  • The Ringmaster's Daughter (Ome) · Weidenfeld & Nicholson · 2002 · ISBN 9780297829430
  • Ringmasters Daughter · Phoenix · 2002 · ISBN 9780753817001

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