Sleepless Night
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- Synopsis
- In this short, beautifully written novel, the grande dame of Dutch literature recounts a story of romance and death while performing a midnight baking ritual.A woman gets up in the middle of a wintry night and starts baking a Bundt cake while her lover sleeps upstairs. When it’s time for her to take the cake out of the oven, we have consumed a story of romance and death. The narrator was widowed years before and is trying to find new passion. But the memory of her deceased husband and a shameful incident holds her in its grasp. Why did he do it?Margriet de Moor tells a gripping love story about endings and demise, rage and jealousy, knowledge and ambiguity — and the possibility of new beginnings.
- Copyright:
- 1989
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 120 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781487005290
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781487005306, 9781487005283
- Publisher:
- House of Anansi Press Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 06/22/21
- Copyrighted By:
- David Doherty
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- David Doherty