athenany's review
4.0
This book is hard to classify, but the writing is almost like poetry. Dewdney breaks down an imagined "ideal night" into 12 hours from 6 PM to 6 AM. He begins each hour with a lyrical description of what night is like at that hour in a city, a suburb and the countryside. Then he delves into something about the nighttime for the rest of the chapter. He discusses our fears of the night, why we sometimes suffer from insomnia, creativity at night, nocturnal animals... For those of us like myself who find themselves often struggling to fall asleep, or who find they are most creative and inspired at night, this book is a pleasure to read.
sternjon's review against another edition
4.0
An exhaustive and fun trip through all things related to the night -- great stuff...
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