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Enchanted Night - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Steven Millhauser (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler comes a stunningly original book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night.
  • About the Author: STEVEN MILLHAUSER lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
  • 144 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
  • Series Name: Vintage Contemporaries

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About the Book



From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Martin Dressler" comes a stunningly original new book set in a Connecticut town on one magical summer night. The delicious cast of characters includes a band of teenage girls who break into homes and leave notes, a dreamlike lover on a backyard swing, and a beautiful mannequin who steps down from her department store window.



Book Synopsis



From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler comes a stunningly original book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night. - "[A] master of a prose that doesn't merely aspire to the condition of music but actually achieves it." --The Washington Post Book World

The delicious cast of characters includes a band of teenage girls who break into homes and simply leave notes reading "We Are Your Daughters," a young woman who meets a phantom lover on the tree swing in her back yard, a beautiful mannequin who steps down from her department store window, and all the dolls "no longer believed in," left abandoned in the attic, who magically come to life.

With each new book, Steven Millhauser radically stretches not only the limits of fiction but also of his seemingly limitless abilities. Enchanted Night is a remarkable piece of fiction, a compact tale of loneliness and desire that is as hypnotic and rich as the language Millhauser uses to weave it.



From the Back Cover



"This is the night of revelation. This is the night the dolls wake. This is the night of the dreamer in the attic. This is the night of the piper in the woods".

In his dazzling new work, Pulitzer Prize-winner Steven Millhauser presents a stunningly original tale set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night. The improbable cast of characters includes a man who flees the attic where he's been writing his magnum opus every night for the past nine years, a band of teenage girls who break into homes and simply leave notes reading "We Are Your Daughters", and a young woman who meets a dream-like lover on the tree swing in her backyard. A beautiful mannequin steps down from her department store window, and all the dolls left abandoned in the attic and "no longer believed in" magically come to life. Enchanted Night is a remarkable piece of fiction, a compact tale of loneliness and desire that is as hypnotic and rich as the language Millhauser uses to weave it.



Review Quotes




"Moonlit, entrancing.... [Millhauser is] master of a prose that doesn't merely aspire to the condition of music but actually achieves it." --The Washington Post Book World

"Writing in tableaux as concise as magic spells ... Millhauser is at his poetic best." --Los Angeles Times

"Lovely ... a mini-opera.... the collective dramas that make up [Enchanted Night] are strikingly aural, visual and emblematic. . . . [Millhauser's] prose remains consistently sensual and rhythmic, alive with color." --Newsday

"Enchanted Night feels teeming, complete and note perfect." --Chicago Tribune



About the Author



STEVEN MILLHAUSER lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.93 Inches (H) x 6.24 Inches (W) x .38 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 144
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Steven Millhauser
Language: English
Street Date: October 10, 2000
TCIN: 91353473
UPC: 9780375706967
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-9942
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.38 inches length x 6.24 inches width x 7.93 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.45 pounds
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