Sleepless Nights (novel)
Sleepless Nights is a 1979 novel by American novelist and critic Elizabeth Hardwick.[1]
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| Author | Elizabeth Hardwick |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Random House (US) Weidenfeld and Nicolson (UK) |
Publication date | 1979 |
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.[2]
Reception
Writing for the New York Times, Lauren Groff referred to the book as "[...] brilliant, brittle and strange".[3]
Cultural influence
Sigrid Nunez drew inspiration from the book while writing her novel The Friend.[4]
References
- O'Brien, Geoffrey (20 September 2001). "On 'Sleepless Nights'". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- McBride, Eimear (29 June 2019). "Novel, letter, essay, memoir? Eimear McBride on Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- Groff, Lauren (26 July 2019). "In Praise of Elizabeth Hardwick". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- Zaleska, Monika (23 February 2018). "You Can't Explain Death to An Animal: An Interview with Sigrid Nunez". Literary Hub. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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