The Book of Nights (Paperback)

This book, when first published in French, brought its author overnight literary fame. Available now in English, it is not difficult to see why. With her rich prose and choice of vivid and haunting imagery, Sylvie Germain paints a picture of a remarkable Universe, akin to but somehow not quite the world we know. Through this, and through the Peniel family, gathered around the ageless patriarch, Night-of-Gold-Wolf-Face, she tells the story of the 20th century, blending it with the fantastic happenings within the Peniel family itself. Wars come and go, swallowing up the young men of the family, and the family is touched by tragedy in many other ways. Peniel wives die young; the children experience strange portents or else suffer curious physical afflictions. They carry the weight of the world upon their shoulders. And yet life goes on. When it seems as though the family will finally bow under the atrocities of World War II, the survivors return, one by one, and the patriarch is assured that, while things may never be the same, neither will they ever end, only change. (Kirkus UK)

General

Imprint:	Dedalus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Dedalus Europe 1992 S.
Release date:	October 1992
Authors:	Sylvie Germain
Translators:	Christine Donougher
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-873982-00-6
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-873982-00-3
Barcode:	9781873982006

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