num_pages: 144
description: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler comes a stunningly original new book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night. The delicious cast of characters includes a band of teenage girls who break into homes and simply leave notes reading "We Are Your Daughters," a young woman who meets a phantom lover on the tree swing in her back yard, a beautiful mannequin who steps down from her department store window, and all the dolls "no longer believed in," left abandoned in the attic, who magically come to life.With each new book, Steven Millhauser radically stretches not only the limits of fiction but also of his seemingly limitless abilities. Enchanted Night is a remarkable piece of fiction, a compact tale of loneliness and desire that is as hypnotic and rich as the language Millhauser uses to weave it.
language: English
title: Enchanted Night
titlecomplete: Enchanted Night
characters: Smitty, Blake, Amazzone Notturna, Danny, Haverstraw, Stella Nera, Bambola di Carta, Janet Manning, Linda Harris, Corsia Veloce, Laura Engstrom, William "Coop" Cooper, Signora Kasco
genres: Magical Realism, American, Fantasy, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Novella, Novels, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 932
places: Connecticut
publisher: Vintage