Acquainted with the Night : Excursions Through the World After Dark

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ISBN-10:

1582343969

ISBN-13:

9781582343969

Edition: 1st Edition
Released: Jun 12, 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover, 314 pages
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Description:

A gorgeously written exploration of the twelve hours of night.

We prepare for it each evening, and spend half our lives in its embrace, yet night retains its mysteries. In Acquainted with the Night, author Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an "ideal" night, starting at 6PM and ending at 6AM, and serve as points of departure for night's central themes: sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, the graveyard shift, ladies of the night, the art of night, and endless nights. With boundless curiosity, a lyrical, intimate tone, and an eye for nighttime beauties both natural and manmade, Dewdney paints a captivating portrait of our hours in darkness.

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