Author | Sara Gruen |
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Cover artist | Charles Mason |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical romance novel |
Publisher | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
Publication date | May 26, 2006 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | |
Pages | 331 (first edition) |
ISBN | 1-56512-499-5 (first edition) |
OCLC | 61362217 |
813/.6 22 | |
LC Class | PS3607.R696 W38 2006 |
Water for Elephants is a 2006 historical romance novel by Canadian–American author Sara Gruen. The novel is set in a 20th-century circus. Gruen wrote the book as part of the National Novel Writing Month.[1][2]
A film adaptation was released in 2011, while a stage musical began presentations in 2023 and opened on Broadway in spring 2024.