The Fabric of Night

Zusatztext "Absorbing and strangely satisfying. . . . The Fabric of Night breaks rules and gets away with it. It looks like a thriller! acts like a character study and leaves the reader pondering." — The Washington Post Book World “Brilliant. . . . A tour de force of anguish and release! as beautiful as it is horrifying.” — Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Writing about madness isn’t easy! and Peters captures the feeling with a disquieting intensity.” — The Miami Herald “Christoph Peters decants questions about the nature of image! truth and art. . . . [ The Fabric of Night asks :] Do we ever truly get outside of ourselves?" — San Francisco Chronicle Informationen zum Autor Christoph Peters was born in 1966 in Kalkar, Germany. He studied painting from 1988 to 1994 at the National Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe. His debut novel, Stadt Land FluB (1999), was awarded the "aspekte" Prize for Literature. In 2001 he published a highly acclaimed collection of short stories called Kommen und gehen, manchmal bleiben . Peters lives in Berlin. Klappentext By one of the most promising novelists in Germany today! The Fabric of Night is a frightening! profound reflection on the nature of illusion and reality.Albin Kranz is a sculptor! haunted by hallucinations and by painful memories of his childhood. At her wit's end! Livia! a photographer with whom he has lived for five years! suggests that they go to Istanbul to give there love one last chance. There! he witnesses a murder. But like one of Hitchcock's desperately misunderstood characters! Albin can't persuade anyone of what he saw! nor find any proof. His quest for truth takes him into the slums of the city and deep into the mysterious! exotic Eastern culture few Western visitors ever penetrate. The Fabric of Night is a psychological drama! a nightmare! and a double tale of disintegrating love. 1. “Take care of you, baby.” I wonder how Albin came up with this ridiculous expression. It seems highly unlikely that he could have actually heard it. Maybe if there had been a very strong offshore wind, but not otherwise. Under ordinary circumstances, if you're here, you can't hear anything that's being said over there; the Otelo Sultan and the Duke's Palace are much too far apart. And besides, it should be, "Take care of yourself , baby." Later, when Livia and I were alone, she described what happened, but she didn’t say anything about wind. It was a cold morning, she said. The yellow sun was shining through dark, lowering clouds, and there was no way of telling what the weather would be like. Maybe the day will turn out fine, she thought, or maybe it’ll rain again, like yesterday and the day before that. The morning light was quite pleasant—filtered, but still bright. Although they hadn’t quarreled, Albin remained silent. He looked pale as he sat there, mechanically chewing a sesame ring and drinking pots of coffee. A beautiful man, Livia thought, in spite of everything; beautiful like a chalk cliff. She’d woken up hungry and loaded her plate at the buffet with olives, sheep’s milk cheese, sausage, ham, and eggs, the kind of breakfast Albin always found nauseating. On this occasion, however, he diverged from his usual practice and kept his opinions to himself. They’d known each other long enough to be untroubled by silence, so Livia saw no reason to break it, either. Nevertheless, it was a silence that Albin had clearly started, all on his own. For her part, Livia would have been glad to discuss their plans for the day, analyze the puzzling acne epidemic among the waiters, or speculate about Miller’s business deals. After a while, for no discernible reason and with his mouth full, Albin said, “The minarets stick up into the sky like acupuncture needles, diverting energy into the right channels.” He did not, however, expect a reply. The image appeal...

Product details

• Authors: Christoph Peters
• Assisted by: John Cullen (Translation)
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2008
• EAN: 9781400079476
• ISBN: 978-1-4000-7947-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature