In the Night Cafe
A story told through a mother’s memory of her son’s long hospital stay and the arrival of a disturbing older patient. The closed world of the ward gathers childhood fear and fragile companionship.
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A story told through a mother’s memory of her son’s long hospital stay and the arrival of a disturbing older patient. The closed world of the ward gathers childhood fear and fragile companionship.
A story told through a mother’s memory of her son’s long hospital stay and the arrival of a disturbing older patient. The closed world of the ward gathers childhood fear and fragile companionship.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 1989-08-24
- Pages
- 226 pages
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780002233408
- ISBN-10
- 0002233401
- Price
- 2039 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
By the author of "Minor Characters", this story, set in New York, deals with Tom, the separated father of two small children, whose own father left home when he was born. He meets and marries Joanna, but finds that the past is having a destructive effect upon his present life.
Related Literary Awards
- O. Henry Award Edition 67 (1987) ・Winner