Acquainted with the Night
A Celebration of the Dark Hours| By: | Christopher Dewdney |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9780747572527 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781408820407 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2010 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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 and poet 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; from sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, to 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 night-time beauties both natural and manmade, Dewdney paints a captivating portrait of the hours of darkness.