Enchanted Night (Unabridged)

West Hollywood, CA: Dove Audio: New Star Media. Near Fine. 1992. Audio Cassette. Two Audio Cassette Tapes in Like New condition. Housed in a colorful heavy cardstock box, in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition, showing the publisher's seal cut at the outside edge, but remains bright and clean. The tapes have no doubt been 'experienced' but show no sign of it; overall, remains Very Close to "As New". Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Running Time: 2.5 Hours. Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches. Language: English. Weight: 2.8 ounces. Audio Cassette. Steven Millhauser's 'Enchanted Night' is as luminous & rich as a handful of pearls scattered in the moonlight ... And that description suits the tone of the novella & its prose, which is more like poetry, evoking the world of the Unconscious & its mysteries. The brief chapters create mood that wraps itself around the listener, who drifts with passage of this single night through that part of life we seldom know in our waking hours, even if we remember fading wisps of it. It has the quality of a vivid dream, capturing both longing & melancholy, reminding us that there's far more to human existence than the mundane duties & obligations that so often weigh us down in daylight. This story is more about atmosphere, memories, and the hushed whisperings of myth than plot. It's filled with shadows, but none of them are too ominous. The reader is invited to float upon the lyrical prose, simply taking in whatever comes, following the various characters through the silent streets and the woods of a small town -- and, if possible, rekindling that intangible but powerful sense of wonder once felt in childhood & adolescence. Millhauser won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for his novel "Martin Dressler'. 'Enchanted Night' was published in 1999. 'Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories' made the New York Times Book Review list of 10 Best Books of 2008. Millhauser's narratives often treat fantasy themes in a manner reminiscent of Poe or Borges, with a distinctively American voice. In his fictions mechanical cowboys at penny arcades come to life; curious amusement parks, museums, or catacombs beckon with secret passageways and walking automata; dreamers dream and children fly out their windows at night on magic carpets. Possibly the best-known of his short stories is "Eisenheim the Illusionist" (published in his collection "The Barnum Museum") . It is based on a pseudo-mythical tale of a magician who stunned audiences in Vienna in the latter part of the 19th century. It was made into the film The Illusionist in 2006. .