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      Night of Amber

      by Sylvie Germain
      Published
      Feb 1998
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      320
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      The Sequel to Sylvie Germain's highly acclaimed The Book of Nights (Godine, 1993; a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Night of Amber continues the grotesque, fantastic, and riveting story of the Peniel family. It ranges from the terror and atrocity of the Algerian War to the frenzied Paris of May '68. Like The Book of Nights, which it brings to a dramatic conclusion, this "unusual and passionate" novel (Times Literary Supplement) skillfully blends myth, history, memorable characters, and pure emotional intensity with brilliant and original writing.

      The hero of the novel is Charles-Victor Peniel, called "Night-of-Amber, " whose lonely and angry childhood eventually lands him in Paris at the time of the May '68 riots. There, Charles-Victor becomes involved with a band of dangerous companions, and in a whirlwind situation that spins uncontrollably into sadism and murder.

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      Jan 1995 Dedalus ISBN13 9781873982952 ISBN10 187398295X
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      Feb 1998 David R. Godine Publisher ISBN13 9781567920901 ISBN10 156792090X
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