''Sleepless Nights'' is a 1979 novel by
American novelist and critic
Elizabeth Hardwick.
Summary
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. The novel contains autobiographical elements.
Reception
Writing for the ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'',
Lauren Groff referred to the book as "
..brilliant, brittle and strange".
Cultural influence
Sigrid Nunez drew inspiration from the book while writing her novel ''
The Friend''.
References
External links
Publisher’s Homepage for Sleepless Nights
1979 American novels
Novels set in New York City
Autobiographical novels
Random House books
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