The Fabric of Night
Author: Peters, Christoph
ISBN: 9781400079476
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Feb 2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
By one of the most promising novelists in Germany today, i>The Fabric of Night/i> is a frightening, profound reflection on the nature of illusion and reality.Albin Kranz is a sculptor, haunted by hallucinations and by painful memories of his childhood. At her wit's end, Livia, a photographer with whom he has lived for five years, suggests that they go to Istanbul to give there love one last chance. There, he witnesses a murder. But like one of Hitchcock's desperately misunderstood characters, Albin can't persuade anyone of what he saw, nor find any proof. His quest for truth takes him into the slums of the city and deep into the mysterious, exotic Eastern culture few Western visitors ever penetrate. i>The Fabric of Night/i> is a psychological drama, a nightmare, and a double tale of disintegrating love.
ISBN: 9781400079476
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 12 Feb 2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
By one of the most promising novelists in Germany today, i>The Fabric of Night/i> is a frightening, profound reflection on the nature of illusion and reality.Albin Kranz is a sculptor, haunted by hallucinations and by painful memories of his childhood. At her wit's end, Livia, a photographer with whom he has lived for five years, suggests that they go to Istanbul to give there love one last chance. There, he witnesses a murder. But like one of Hitchcock's desperately misunderstood characters, Albin can't persuade anyone of what he saw, nor find any proof. His quest for truth takes him into the slums of the city and deep into the mysterious, exotic Eastern culture few Western visitors ever penetrate. i>The Fabric of Night/i> is a psychological drama, a nightmare, and a double tale of disintegrating love.
