The sequel to Germain's prizewinning The Book of Nights (English
translation 1993) - a magical-realist chronicle that surveyed the
fortunes of the ineffably grotesque Peniel family throughout the
postwar period's defining political events and consequent social
changes. This volume (first published in 1989) carries their story
through the war in Algeria and the 1968 Paris student riots, while
focusing on the life, crimes, and (ironic) redemption of misfit
Charles-Victor, a sexual predator, sadist, and murderer whose
outrageous excesses recall the exploits of Louis-Ferdinand Celine's
unforgettable misanthropes and monsters. Germain pitches her tale
at a delirious expressionistic height that is, almost miraculously,
sustained for more than 300 pages. Night of Amber and its equally
brilliant predecessor together comprise one of the most remarkably
inventive French fictions since the heyday of Mauriac, Sartre, and
Camus. (Kirkus Reviews)
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