| Enchanted Night Contributor(s): Millhauser, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375706968 ISBN-13: 9780375706967 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: "This is the night of revelation. This is the night the dolls wake. This is the night of the dreamer in the attic. This is the night of the piper in the woods". In his dazzling new work, Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Millhauser presents a stunningly original tale set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night. The improbable cast of characters includes a man who flees the attic where he's been writing his magnum opus every night for the past nine years, a band of teenage girls who break into homes and simply leave notes reading "We Are Your Daughters", and a young woman who meets a dream-like lover on the tree swing in her backyard. A beautiful mannequin steps down from her department store window, and all the dolls left abandoned in the attic and "no longer believed in" magically come to life. Enchanted Night is a remarkable piece of fiction, a compact tale of loneliness and desire that is as hypnotic and rich as the language Millhauser uses to weave it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99025517 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.24" W x 7.93" (0.45 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Connecticut - Seasonal - Summer - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler comes a stunningly original new book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night. The delicious cast of characters includes a band of teenage girls who break into homes and simply leave notes reading "We Are Your Daughters," a young woman who meets a phantom lover on the tree swing in her back yard, a beautiful mannequin who steps down from her department store window, and all the dolls "no longer believed in," left abandoned in the attic, who magically come to life. With each new book, Steven Millhauser radically stretches not only the limits of fiction but also of his seemingly limitless abilities. Enchanted Night is a remarkable piece of fiction, a compact tale of loneliness and desire that is as hypnotic and rich as the language Millhauser uses to weave it. |