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The Book of Nights

The Peniel family's story unfolds across generations. Its founder has a son with his own daughter, and that boy goes on to father fifteen children. Each of their lives is marked by strange, unexplained happenings and unconventional temperaments, and the family's occasional uncanny gifts offer little shelter. As the twentieth century brings two world wars, the Peniels find that neither magic nor devotion can protect them from the violence that sweeps across Europe.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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