Tales Of The Night

Tales Of The Night by Peter Hoeg These stories which vary
in theme but all bear the mark of Peter H?egs graceful and
thoughtful prose are set in eight separate corners of the
world. On this fateful night a young mathematician
encounters Joseph Conrad during a train ride through the
war-torn Congo in Journey into a Dark Heart; a pair of
star-crossed lovers in Lisbon dance through their memories
of the Danish ballet in Hommage to Bournonville; a seaside
community struggles with the threat of a smallpox epidemic
in Pity for the Children of Vaden Town; and in The Verdict
of Ignatio Lanstad Rasker an idealistic young writer is
prosecuted for his homosexuality by the conservative Lord
Chief Justice of Denmark. Illuminating acrobatic and
enriched with historical fact and foreshadowing the
stories in Tales of the Night should consolidate H?egs
reputation as one of the worlds most versatile authors
(Seattle Times).