Tales Of The Night (Høeg Book)

''Tales of the Night'' ( da, 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".

Publication history

*''Fortællinger om Natten'' 1990, Denmark, Rosinante
*''Tales of the Night'' 1997, England, Harvill Press
*''Tales of the Night'' 1998, USA, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Contents

:''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." '' 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."

''Tales of the Night'' has also been reviewed by '' Publishers Weekly'', ''Kirkus Reviews'', '' Booklist'', and ''Library Journal''.

References

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Danish short story collections
1990 short story collections