Every phase of this production has been a surprise, she says. The norwegians are accepting, if a bit strange for living in a place of perpetual daylight. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the far north, under the everpresent midnight sun, frances and yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Fasttalking new yorkers, spiky yiddish wit, and a fashionable norwegian. The sunlit night follows american painter frances and emigre yasha an unlikely pair who find each other in the arctic circle. After her college relationship predictably disintegrates, 21yearold frances, an aspiring artist, accepts an apprenticeship at the viking museum in lofoten, a string of islands 95 miles above the arctic circle in norway, trading in a summer watching her parents. The sunlit night is a funny, wise and tender story, a near perfect blend of disparate elements. At the very top of the world, two lonely outsiders find comfort in each other in dinersteins deliciously melancholy debut. Jan 27, 2019 the first premiere was david wnendts the sunlit night, an adaptation of the novel by rebecca dinerstein, starring jenny slate, alex sharp, zach galifianakis, david paymer, and gillian anderson.
Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while yasha has come to bury his father in the land of the vikings. A major motion picture, based on the book and starring jenny slate, gillian anderson, zach galifianakis, and alex sharp, is an official sundance selection. Rebecca dinersteins the sunlit night is a quirky, charming, and moving book about the power loveboth familial and romantichas on our lives, even at times of great uncertainty. The norwegian arctic of dinersteins imagination is a strange and wonderful place, half stark wilderness and half scandikitsch. Rebecca dinerstein knight is the author of two novels, hex and the sunlit night, and a collection of poems, lofoten. Her nonfiction has appeared in the new york times, the guardian, and the new yorker online, among others. The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein knight, paperback barnes. Apr 01, 2020 her first novel the sunlit night premiered as a feature film at the 2019 sundance film festival. The sunlit night book portland public library bibliocommons. The norwegian arctic of dinersteins imagination is a strange and wonderful place, half stark wilderness and half scandikitsch paradisethe pleasure of the sunlit night derives less from yasha and francess story than from the joyfully odd landscape dinerstein conjures, in which certain absurdities begin to seem quite natural.
She lives in brooklyn, and researched the sunlit night during a fellowship in the far north, on an island in the norwegian sea. In addition, the book is lyrically savvy, its greatest asset. Dinersteins description of the far north will make you want to visit, while also providing the perfect backdrop for a story of two young people becoming adults. Norway has now added itself to the list of places that i want to go. Etched in skin on a sunlit night by kara lee corthron. The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein a quirky debut with. The sunlit night is a beautifully written tale deeply rooted in place. Dinerstein brings a contagious wonder to her storytelling, transporting the reader to fishing villages and rocky fjords beneath a bright dome of sky. The sunlit night heralds the beginning of an intriguing career in fiction during which dinerstein will hopefully continue to take us off the beaten path. Rebecca dinerstein, author of the sunlit night, never expected her novel to get published. In dinersteins captivating debut novel, an isolated island above the arctic circle is the setting for two people trying to surmount grief and find. The sunlit night ebook written by rebecca dinerstein knight.
The sunlit night is obviously a perfect name for the book as the sun is up practically all day and night during the summer months in northern norway, so daytime seems continuous. This book trailer was designed for the sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the far north, under the ev. Sep, 2015 the sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein 255 pp. Three out of four of the parental units are nutcases. Etched in skin on a sunlit night by kara lee corthr. Its a clunky, episodic movie about finding yourself, but i think its the kind of movie thats supposed to be messy. There are novels you love because they teach you how to love.
She never envisioned the book would be made into a movie, and she certainly never thought she would be the one to write the adapted screenplay. Set between new york city and the far north of norway, the sunlit night follows american painter frances and emigre yasha as an unlikely pair who find each other in the arctic circle. The sunlit night has all the ingredients for a great debut novel. There are novels you love because theyre windows to another world. The sunlit night kindle edition by dinerstein knight. The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein knight, paperback. Dinersteins ardor for norway and its ancient legends infuses her luminous first novel, about an improbably summer romance in an artist colony in logoten, where the midnight sun came in shades of pink. Place is a vital aspect to the book and similarly the trailer. Rebecca dinersteins the sunlit night is a treasure of spare prose, beautiful imagery and young adult sensibilities stripped down to a lovely essence. Romance, contemporary, family and drama rebecca dinersteins the sunlit night is a new contemporary romance, which just came out. A botanists desire turns toxic in this novel of romantic. I came to hex, knights second novel, not knowing her previous work.
A major motion picture, based on the book and starring jenny slate, gillian anderson, zach galifianakis, and alex sharp, is an official. Her first novel the sunlit night premiered as a feature film at the 2019 sundance film festival. Huffington post dinersteins crystalline prose floats off the page, her storytelling delights and surprises. The sunlit night screenwriter on the challenges of bookto. The sunlit night rebecca dinerstein knight 9781632861122. It seems that for dinersteins characters, the sun does still shine in the darkest night after all. Two young adults from brooklyn meet in the far north of norway, where one is an artists. And there are novels you love because you see yourself in the story and the author seems to speak the language of your heart. Having lived in germany ten years after wwii, the book brought back memories of things i was told by people who lived there during the war. Subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club newsletter get more stories like this delivered to your inbox get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from oprahs world and more. The quirky novel revolves around the love story of yasha and frances, who meet one day in lofoten. Upon graduating from college, frances life is completely turned upside down. The sunlit night navy general library program downloadable. If theres a life before this one where people are allowed to pick their parents, the two young protagonists of rebecca dinersteins debut novel came up snake eyes, or nearly so.
Shortly after her college graduation, frances flees a painful breakup and her claustrophobic childhood home in manhattan, which has become more airless in the aftermath of two family announcements. Her relationship with her boyfriend has ended while her sister has just gotten engaged to a guy of whom their. Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, and as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, the sunlit night marks the. Jun 02, 2015 the sunlit night ebook written by rebecca dinerstein knight. The first premiere was david wnendts the sunlit night, an adaptation of the novel by rebecca dinerstein, starring jenny slate, alex sharp, zach galifianakis, david paymer, and gillian anderson. The sunlit night gets our appetites upfor more life lived, for love and community, for knowing ourselves, for relief and letting go.
The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein a quirky debut. Rebecca dinerstein knight on curious george, jane eyre, and. The sunlit night is an improbable love story about light and dark and dark and light, and how these universal forces subvert and illuminate our lives. She seeks refuge at a norwegian artist colony thats offered her a painting. The main aspects of the book are about escaping and surmounting grief and finding love in a place where you least expect it. And yasha and frances are drawn together by the screwiness of it all. Rebecca dinerstein is the author of the novel the sunlit night and the bilingual englishnorwegian collection of poems lofoten. Rebecca dinerstein shortly after her college graduation, frances flees a painful breakup and her claustrophobic childhood home in manhattan, which has become more airless in the aftermath of two family announcements. The sunlit night is a film directed by david wnendt and starring jenny slate and alex sharp. With gillian anderson, jenny slate, jessica hecht, zach galifianakis.
The sunlit night is not as brash, but it is inspired at any moment, it can change from the thirdperson telling of yasha straight to the firstperson account of frances. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the sunlit night. A stunning debut novelwhich jonathan safran foer calls lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller. Mar 31, 2020 i came to hex, knights second novel, not knowing her previous work. Frances flees a painful breakup and her claustrophobic childhood home in manhattan, which has become more airless in the aftermath of two family announcements. She seeks refuge at a norwegian artist colony thats offered her a painting apprenticeship. The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein knight paperback. Jun 02, 2015 the sunlit night is a funny, wise and tender story, a near perfect blend of disparate elements. Her screenplay adaptation of the sunlit night premiered as a feature film at the 2019 sundance film festival. She previously published a bilingual englishnorwegian poetry collection entitled lofoten. Rebecca dinerstein knight on curious george, jane eyre.
Yasha, an eighteenyearold russian immigrant raised in a bakery in. Shelfawareness dinersteins special blend of melancholy and hope renders a characterrich, multifaceted story. Dinersteins prose is lyrical and silky, but its also specific, with acute observations and precise detail. The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein knight goodreads.
The sunlit night by rebecca dinerstein knight books on. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that. The world that we knew there are a few cases when i would like to give a book 6 stars, but this is one of them. Four unlikely foreigners gather for a funeral at the top of the world, reciting the jewish mourners kadish under the midnight sun of the. Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, and as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, the sunlit night marks the appearance of a brave talent jonathan enchanting in every way maggie shipstead, author of astonish me by turns ravishing and hilarious, the sunlit night is more than a shining debut. The norwegian arctic of dinersteins imagination is a strange and wonderful. It creates an offbeat and unconventional perspective. This article was originally published in the june 2015 issue of bookpage.