Acquainted with the night
Subtitle: excursions through the world after dark
By: Christopher Dewdney.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Night -- Social aspects.; Night -- Folklore.; Night.
Description: "We prepare for it each evening, and spend half our lives in its embrace, yet night retains its mysteries. In Acquainted with the Night, author Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an "ideal" night, starting at 6PM and ending at 6AM, and serve as points of departure for night's central themes: sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, the graveyard shift, ladies of the night, the art of night, and endless nights. With boundless curiosity, a lyrical, intimate tone, and an eye for nighttime beauties both natural and manmade, Dewdney paints a captivating portrait of our hours in darkness"--Publisher's description.