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Day for night : a novel / Jean McNeil.
"An unflinching exploration of love and boundaries in Brexit-crazed London. Richard Cottar is a respected independent film writer and director; his wife, Joanna, is his increasingly successful and wealthy producer. Together they are about to embark on a film about the life of Walter Benjamin, the German Jewish intellectual who killed himself in northern Spain while on the run from the Nazis in 1940. In what looks set to be the last year of Britain's membership of the European Union, Benjamin's story of exile and statelessness is more relevant than ever. But Richard and Joanna's symbiotic life takes a sudden turn when they cast a intelligent, sexually ambiguous young actor in the role of Walter Benjamin. In a climate of fear and a bizarre, superheated year redolent of sex and hidden desire, Richard and Joanna must confront their relationship, Benjamin's tragic history, and the future of their country. Taking its cue from Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Day for Night is an unsettling, riveting story of reversals -- of gender, power, and history."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770415751 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 267 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : ECW Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Motion picture producers and directors > Fiction. Actors > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC McNei | 31681010236560 | FICTIONPBK | Checked out | 10/14/2025 |
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"Set in London against a backdrop of growing authoritarianism and anxiety, a story of cinema and desire, the mysteries of marriage and creativity, and the often-violent returns and reversals of history"-- - Bookmasters
Set in London against a backdrop of growing authoritarianism and anxiety, a story of cinema and desire, the mysteries of marriage and creativity, and the often-violent returns and reversals of history. - Bookmasters
From the author of Ice Diaries, winner of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Grand Prize, praised by the New York Times as âstunningly written,â and a Guardian Best Book of 2018Set in the throes of Brexit-era London, Day for Night is an unflinching exploration of desire, gender, and history, in which a married filmmaking duo seeks to tell the tragic story of 1940s German Jewish intellectual Walter Benjamin, while their own relationship and nation are imploding behind the camera in real-timeRichard Cottar is a respected independent film writer and director; his wife, Joanna, is his increasingly successful and wealthy producer. Together they are about to embark on a film about the life of Walter Benjamin, the German Jewish intellectual who killed himself in northern Spain while on the run from the Nazis in 1940. In what looks set to be the last year of Britainâs membership of the European Union, Benjaminâs story of exile and statelessness is more relevant than ever. But Richard and Joannaâs symbiotic life takes a sudden turn when they cast an intelligent, sexually ambiguous young actor in the role of Walter Benjamin. In a climate of fear and a bizarre, superheated year redolent of sex and hidden desire, Richard and Joanna must confront their relationship, Benjaminâs tragic history, and the future of their country.Taking its cue from Virginia Woolfâs Orlando, Day for Night is an unsettling, riveting story of reversals â of gender, power, and history. Short DescriptionSet in London against a backdrop of growing authoritarianism and anxiety, a story of cinema and desire, the mysteries of marriage and creativity, and the often-violent returns and reversals of history.Sales and Market BulletsJean McNeilâs work has been shortlisted for the Governor-General's Award for Fiction, the Journey Prize, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation literary awards and the Journey Prize, and has twice won the Prism International competitions for short fiction and non-fiction.âJean McNeilâs latest is a completely absorbing, eminently readable â to the point of being almost unputdownable â complex, cleverly crafted work, principally about loyalty: what we owe to our country, our relatives, those we love, and those who simply cross our path. You wonât read many better novels this year.â â Daily Mail on The Dhow HouseâStunningly written.â â New York Times on Ice DiariesDay for Night examines desire, sexual orientation, and power imbalances in relationships and will appeal to readers of Eleanor Cattonâs The Luminaries and Amor Towlesâs A Gentleman in Moscow.Book club questions will be available.AudienceReaders of historical and political fictionFans of books with complex female protagonists, by authors like Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins - Simon and Schuster
From the author of Ice Diaries, winner of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival Grand Prize, praised by the New York Times as âstunningly written,â and a Guardian Best Book of 2018
Set in the throes of Brexit-era London, Day for Night is an unflinching exploration of desire, gender, and history, in which a married filmmaking duo seeks to tell the tragic story of 1940s German Jewish intellectual Walter Benjamin, while their own relationship and nation are imploding behind the camera in real-time
Richard Cottar is a respected independent film writer and director; his wife, Joanna, is his increasingly successful and wealthy producer. Together they are about to embark on a film about the life of Walter Benjamin, the German Jewish intellectual who killed himself in northern Spain while on the run from the Nazis in 1940. In what looks set to be the last year of Britainâs membership of the European Union, Benjaminâs story of exile and statelessness is more relevant than ever. But Richard and Joannaâs symbiotic life takes a sudden turn when they cast an intelligent, sexually ambiguous young actor in the role of Walter Benjamin. In a climate of fear and a bizarre, superheated year redolent of sex and hidden desire, Richard and Joanna must confront their relationship, Benjaminâs tragic history, and the future of their country.
Taking its cue from Virginia Woolfâs Orlando, Day for Night is an unsettling, riveting story of reversals â of gender, power, and history.
