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The Story of the Night Paperback - 2005

by Colm Toibin

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From the award-winning author of Brooklyn and The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in Argentina.

In Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at night, and people have trained themselves not to see. Richard Garay lives with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from society. Stifled by his job, Richard is willing to take chances, both sexually and professionally. But Argentina is changing, and as his country edges toward peace, Richard tentatively begins a love affair. The result is a powerful, brave, and poignant novel of sex, death, and the difficulties of connecting one's inner life with the outside world.

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The streets of Buenos Aires are empty at night, and people notice nothing because they have trained themselves not to see. This is Argentina in the time of the generals. Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his homosexuality from her and from the world. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take chances, both sexual and professional. But in the aftermath of the Falklands War, new freedoms seem possible, and the arrival of two American diplomats offer him hope and the prospect of making his fortune. As his country slowly makes its peace with the outside world, Richard tentatively begins a love affair - but the Faustian bargain he has made with experience gradually darkens. "The Story of the Night is a powerful and moving mix of politics, passion, and intrigue that confirms Tiibin as one of the finest writers of his generation.

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  • Title The Story of the Night
  • Author Colm Toibin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 324
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner Book Company
  • Publication date 2005-05-01
  • ISBN 9780743272711 / 0743272714
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.36 x 0.73 in (20.37 x 13.61 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Gay men, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005042492
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Colm Tibn is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022-2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.

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