Tales of the Night (book)

Tales of the Night (Danish: Fortællinger om Natten) is a story collection by Danish author Peter Høeg. It comprises eight short stories that are about "Love and its conditions on the night of 19 March 1929".[1]

Tales of the Night
AuthorPeter Høeg
Original titleFortællinger om Natten
TranslatorBarbara Haveland
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Published1997 (The Harvill Press)
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages308
ISBN9781860464201
OCLC38435233

Publication history

Contents[3]
Journey Into a Dark Heart
Homage to Bournoville
The Verdict on the Right Honourable Ignatio Landstad Rasker, Lord Chief Justice
An Experiment in the Constancy of Love
Portrait of the Avant-garde
Pity for the Children of Vaden Town
Story of a Marriage
Reflection of a Young Man in the Balance

Reception

Jay Parini, in a review of Tales of the Night for The New York Times, wrote "Throughout this volume, Hoeg attacks the conventionality of Danish life, with its bureaucracy and rigid sense of duty, its reflexive worship of the institutions of science, law, commerce and art. When his urge to accumulate details and points of view does not drown the narrative, the stories blaze with intelligence and passion. But only in the bizarre, affecting tale of Ignatio Rasker's decision to throw everything away for love does Hoeg live up to his full potential."[5] The Denver Post found "Though sometimes self-consciously philosophical, reflecting the author's youth and desire to declare himself a cerebral sort, every tale in this collection has its own fascinations."[6]

Tales of the Night has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[7] Kirkus Reviews,[8] Booklist,[9] and Library Journal.[10]

References
  1. Peter Høeg (March 1990). Tales of the Night. The Harvill Press.
  2. "Fortællinger om natten". worldcat.org. Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "Tales of the night". worldcat.org. Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "Tales of the night". worldcat.org. Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. Jay Parini (1 March 1998). "Books: Mirrors Within Mirrors". New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Book Review: Tales of the Night". Denver Post. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. "Tales of the Night". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 29 December 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2018. Despite a certain stiffness in the prose (the fault of the translation, perhaps), the deep despair and foreboding of well-intentioned Europeans victimized by the very culture that was supposed to educate them is often painfully credible.
  8. "Tales of the Night". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 December 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2018. An accomplished and provocative debut collection from one of the world's least predictable writers.
  9. "Tales of the night". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved 12 April 2018. The earlier efforts, including this collection of short stories, reveal a wonderfully talented writer, rich with ideas and imagination, struggling to come to terms with his craft.
  10. "Tales of the Night". kcls.bibliocommons.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018. Hoeg's use of a polished 19th-century prose style to examine 20th-century issues strongly recalls the work of fellow Dane Isak Dinesen.
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