We prepare for it each evening, and spend half our lives in its embrace, yet night retains its mysteries. In Acquainted With The Night, author and poet Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an 'ideal' night, starting at 6pm and ending at 6am, and serve as points of departure for night's central themes; from sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, to the graveyard shift, ladies of the night, the art of night, and endless nights. With boundless curiosity, a lyrical, intimate tone, and an eye for night-time beauties both natural and manmade, Dewdney paints a captivating portrait of the hours of darkness.
- ISBN10 1582343969
- ISBN13 9781582343969
- Publish Date 12 June 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English