| Sleepless Nights Contributor(s): Hardwick, Elizabeth (Author), O'Brien, Geoffrey (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322722 ISBN-13: 9780940322721 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: In "Sleepless Nights" a woman looks back on her life--the parade of people, the shifting background of place--and assembles a scrapbook of memories, reflections, portraits, letters, wishes, and dreams. An inspired fusion of fact and invention, this beautifully realized, hard-bitten, lyrical book is not only Elizabeth Hardwick's finest fiction but one of the outstanding contributions to American literature of the last fifty years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001003029 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.06" W x 8.06" (0.34 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Sleepless Nights a woman looks back on her life--the parade of people, the shifting background of place--and assembles a scrapbook of memories, reflections, portraits, letters, wishes, and dreams. An inspired fusion of fact and invention, this beautifully realized, hard-bitten, lyrical book is not only Elizabeth Hardwick's finest fiction but one of the outstanding contributions to American literature of the last fifty years. |