num_pages: 272
description: Sylvie Germain traces a century in the life of the Peniel family and the cycle of birth and death, triumph and loss, madness and passion―from the Franco-Prussian War to World War II―that envelops and buffets their lives. Blending the historical with the supernatural, the comic with the grotesque, the lyrical with the brutal, Sylvie Germain tells the story of humanity's strivings and vanity, of the profound injustices that govern our relations, and of the fundamental strength that allows us ultimately to triumph over carnage and degradation.
language: English
title: The Book of Nights
titlecomplete: The Book of Nights
genres: France, Fantasy, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, French Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 376
series: Book of Nights
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Christine Donougher
publisher: Verba Mundi