Sleepless Nights (novel)
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Author | Elizabeth Hardwick |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Literary fiction |
Publisher | Random House (US) Weidenfeld and Nicolson (UK) |
Publication date | 1979 |
Sleepless Nights is a 1979 novel by American novelist and critic Elizabeth Hardwick.[1] Writing for the New York Times, Lauren Groff referred to the book as "[...] brilliant, brittle and strange".[2]
The novel contains autobiographical elements.[3] Sigrid Nunez drew inspiration from the book while writing her novel The Friend.[4]
References[]
- ^ O'Brien, Geoffrey (20 September 2001). "On 'Sleepless Nights'". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Groff, Lauren (26 July 2019). "In Praise of Elizabeth Hardwick". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ McBride, Eimear (29 June 2019). "Novel, letter, essay, memoir? Eimear McBride on Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Zaleska, Monika (23 February 2018). "You Can't Explain Death to An Animal: An Interview with Sigrid Nunez". Literary Hub. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
Categories:
- 1979 American novels
- Novels set in New York City
- Autobiographical novels
- Random House books
- 1970s novel stubs