Crawling at Night
 First edition | |
| Author | Nani Power |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 2001 (Atlantic Monthly Press) |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 234 |
| ISBN | 9780871137845 |
| OCLC | 611408139 |
Crawling at Night is a 2001 novel by Nani Power. It follows the lives, over two nights, of Ito, a sushi chef, and Marianne, a waitress in downtown Manhattan.
Reception[edit]
Dwight Garner, in a review for The New York Times, wrote "Power can go overboard on the grungy poetics ... and she clutters up her story with the kind of fripperies ... that felt dated 5 or 10 years ago." but also called Crawling at Night "the work of a formidable young writer" and compared Power's writing to Mary Gaitskill and Denis Johnson.[1] A Guardian review wrote "Power's writing is stellar, her sentences popping like fireworks into gorgeous explosions of evocation, visceral, crisp and unexpected. A man with her talent might use it to call attention to his skilfulness, but Power's pyrotechnics never takes you outside the story."[2]
Crawling at Night has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[3] Kirkus Reviews,[4]
It was nominated for a 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize,[5][6] was a 2001 New York Times notable book,[5][7] and appeared on the Orange Award longlist.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Dwight Garner (April 29, 2001). "Books: Raw Bar". New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Anna Shapiro (July 1, 2001). "Books: The Observer - Bring me Sushi". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Crawling at Night". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. March 5, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Her (Power's) starkly realistic characters and terse, lyrical prose herald her as an exciting new voice—and she should captivate a wide range of readers.
- ^ "Crawling at Night". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. February 1, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
A dark, murky, undisciplined first novel full of sushi, sex, and suffering.
- ^ a b "Library Catalogue: Crawling at night". search.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Los Angeles Times 2001 Book Prize Finalists Announced: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction". bookweb.org. American Booksellers Association. March 4, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Notable Books: Fiction & Poetry". New York Times. December 2, 2001. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Orange Prize longlist features past winner Helen Dunmore". Irish Examiner. March 18, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2018.