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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsEight White Nightsby Andre Aciman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A LUSHLY ROMANTIC NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Eight White Nights is an unforgettable journey through that enchanted terrain where passion and fear and the sheer craving to ask for love and to show love can forever alter who we are. A man in his late twenties goes to a large Christmas party in Manhattan where a woman introduces herself with three words: “I am Clara.” Over the following seven days, they meet every evening at the same cinema. Overwhelmed yet cautious, he treads softly and wont hazard a move. The tension between them builds gradually, marked by ambivalence, hope, and distrust. As André Aciman explores their emotions with uncompromising accuracy and sensuous prose, they move both closer together and farther apart, culminating on New Years Eve in a final scene charged with magic and the promise of renewal. Call Me by Your Name, Acimans debut novel, established him as one of the finest writers of our time, an expert at the most sultry depictions of longing and desire. As The Washington Post Book World wrote, “The beauty of Acimans writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone.” Acimans piercing and romantic new novel is a brilliant performance from a master prose stylist. Review:"This feverish novel from the author of Call Me by Your Name takes a microscope to a torrid romance — cum — battle of the sexes between two 20-something New Yorkers. Clara Brunschvicg and the unnamed narrator meet at a swank Christmas Eve party and immediately jockey for position. The ensuing grappling plays out over the course of the seven nights between that party and New Year's Eve. The motor that makes this dual character portrait hum is the narrator's uncertainty about sardonic beauty Clara's murky intentions. Aciman knows these types well, filling their romance with coffees, wealthy friends in Hudson County, and Rohmer film festivals, and he concocts ever more complex scenarios to dramatize the tension and uncertainty. This smart book is rich with the details of how skittish lovers interact. Aciman creates a private vernacular for the two while rarely failing to miss a telling smile or let so much as a line of dialogue go wasted. At times the narrator's wordiness drags — particularly when he intersperses the play-by-play of an intense moment with an extended analysis of the scene — but, mostly, the novel is taut and entirely authentic." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:The beauty of Aciman's writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone.--"The Washington Post Book World." About the AuthorANDRÉ ACIMAN is the author of Call Me by Your Name, Out of Egypt, and False Papers, and is the editor of The Proust Project (all published by FSG). He teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his wife and family in Manhattan. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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