The Night Country
(Book)
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Phillipsburg City Library | Fic O'NAN, STEWART | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
A ghost story that begins in everyday tragedy, from a distinctly American master of both forms: a "scary, sad, funny . . . mesmerizing read" (Stephen King) At Midnight on Halloween in a cloistered New England suburb, a car carrying five teenagers leaves a winding road and slams into a tree, killing three of them. One escapes unharmed, another suffers severe brain damage. A year later, summoned by the memories of those closest to them, the three that died come back on a last chilling mission among the living. A strange and unsettling ghost story in the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Shirley Jackson, The Night Country creeps through the leaf-strewn streets and quiet cul-de-sacs of one bedroom community, reaching into the desperately connected yet isolated lives of three people changed forever by the accident: Tim, who survived yet lost everything; Brooks, the cop whose guilty secret has destroyed his life; and Kyle's mom, trying to love the new son the doctors returned to her. As the day wanes and darkness falls, one of them puts a terrible plan into effect, and they find themselves caught in a collision of need and desire, watched over by the knowing ghosts. Macabre and moving, The Night Country elevates every small town's bad high school crash into myth, finding the deeper human truth beneath a shared and very American tragedy. As in his highly-prized Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying, once again Stewart O'Nan gives us an intimate look at people trying to hold on to hope, and the consequences when they fail.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Nan, S. (2003). The Night Country . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. 2003. The Night Country. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. The Night Country Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. The Night Country Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
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