Tales of the Night - Hardcover

Hoeg, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374272549 ISBN 13: 9780374272548

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998

Synopsis

An anthology of eight stories that use love as their main theme visits unusual locales, such as a railroad car in the Congo, a sailboat in the harbor of Lisbon, and an apartment in Copenhagen. By the author of Smilla's Sense of Snow. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Peter Høeg has proven himself a daring literary novelist and a thrilling suspense writer. Now, with this collection of interlaced tales set in Africa, Portugal and Denmark, Høeg unveils his masterful storytelling ability, echoing the literary styles of Joseph Conrad and Karen Blixen.

From a railroad car in the Congo to a ship off Lisbon to an upper class apartment in Copenhagen, these tales all occur on March 29, 1929, as Western and non-Western cultures confront each other in love, hate and science.

About the Author:

Peter Hoeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's feeling for Snow received international acclaim and was an international bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0374272549
• ISBN 13: 9780374272548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278