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Night is the first in a trilogy—Night, Dawn, Day—marking Wiesel's transition during and after the Holocaust from darkness to light, according to the Jewish tradition of beginning a new day at nightfall. "In Night," he said, "I wanted to show the end, the finality of the event. Everything came to an end—man, history, literature, religion, God.
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel/The Novel as History is a nonfiction novel recounting the October 1967 March on the Pentagon written by Norman Mailer and published by New American Library in 1968. It won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction [1] and the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters. [2]
The book was also generally well-received amongst American press. According to Book Marks, the book received a "rave" consensus, based on eight critic reviews: seven "rave" and one "positive". [26] On the September/October 2003 issue of Bookmarks, the book received (4.0 out of 5) stars, based on critic reviews. [27]
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The Night Parade (2016) is a juvenile fiction debut novel by Kathryn Tanquary, a middle-grade author and teacher of English as a foreign language in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. [ 1 ] Tanquary’s The Night Parade is reminiscent of the 2001 Japanese anime fantasy film Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki . [ 2 ]
In The Guardian reviewer Justine Jordan found much to like with the book: "In Fiona McFarlane's impressive debut, widowed Ruth senses a tiger prowling around her isolated New South Wales beach house: a flight of fancy that foreshadows the arrival of a far more dangerous beast. The tropes may not be new, but McFarlane puts them at the service of ...
Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. MacDonald.MacDonald writes that "Stephen King is a far, far better writer at thirty than I was at thirty, or at forty.
Upon release, The Night Watch was generally well received. On Metacritic, the book received a 82 out of 100 based on 19 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1] On the July/Aug 2006 issue of Bookmarks, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) stars, with the critical summary stating, "For a few critics the risky narrative device robs the book of its suspense, but in the final tally most ...