Tales of the Night by Peter Høeg (.ePUB)
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Tales of the Night by Peter Hoeg (Høeg)
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Overview: Tales of the Night is a haunting collection of eight interconnected short stories where Peter Høeg meditates on love, morality, and the human condition. Each tale is set on the eve of July 19, 1929—the night of a rare solar eclipse—offering a unifying backdrop of cosmic significance against which private dramas unfold.
The stories span diverse settings and characters: a missionary in Africa, a diplomat in Copenhagen, a couple bound by secrets, and others who confront questions of truth, passion, betrayal, and mortality. Through them all, Høeg blends suspense with philosophy, creating narratives that challenge the boundaries between fate and free will, intimacy and isolation.
Best known for Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Høeg here shows his mastery of atmosphere and psychological depth. Lyrical yet unsettling, Tales of the Night is less about external events and more about the interior lives of its characters, presenting love and desire as both transcendent and destructive forces.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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