The Night Bookmobile

by Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger's two novels, The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, have made her one of the most popular writers in the world. She is also the author of two extraordinary novels-in-pictures, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. Now, with The Night Bookmobile, she has written her first graphic novel.

First serialised in the Guardian, The Night Bookmobile tells the story of a young woman who one night encounters a mysterious disappearing mobile library that happens to stock every book she has ever read. Seeing her history and her most intimate self in this library, she embarks on a search for the bookmobile. Over time, her search turns into an obsession as she longs to be reunited with her own collection and her memories.

• ISBN10: 140905862X
• ISBN13: 9781409058625
• Publish Date: 30 June 2011 (first published 1 September 2010)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Imprint: Vintage Digital
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Language: English

Reviews

[wcs53]

I read this before and didn't particularly enjoy it on that occasion. This time I think I understood it more and was more prepared for the way it ended. There's a certain beauty, along with some sadness, to this book and we're left pondering the question: "What would you sacrifice to sit in that comfy chair with perfect light for an afternoon in eternity, reading the perfect book, forever?"