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Sep 19, 2023 · Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips is an interesting work of historical fiction that touches upon themes of PTSD, the ravages of war, trauma and abuse, mental health, and healing. The author describes the setting well and paints a vivid picture of life in the post-Civil War period.
Sep 25, 2023 · Jayne Anne Phillips’s new novel, “Night Watch,” about a woman and her daughter in a genteel asylum in West Virginia around the time of the Civil War, is sludgy, claustrophobic and...
Night Watch is a 2023 novel by Jayne Anne Phillips which, alongside being longlisted for the National Book Award, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. [1] The novel is historical fiction, set during the American Civil War .
Sep 28, 2023 · Jayne Anne Phillips’s newest novel, “Night Watch,” follows the unwinding progression of the American Civil War in rural West Virginia. Jumping between 1864 and 1874, “Night Watch” tracks the...
Sep 19, 2023 · Night Watch, a novel by Jayne Anne Phillips, this month won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It tells the story of women and anguish during the American Civil War and its aftermath, of mothers and surrogate mothers and widows caught in the killing of their husbands and children in battle.
In 2024, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Night Watch. [6]
Sep 19, 2023 · NIGHT WATCH. by Jayne Anne Phillips ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 19, 2023. Haunting storytelling and a refreshing look at history. bookshelf. shop now.
“Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips, with its unique stream-of-consciousness writing and a multitude of characters, is a novel that may not resonate with everyone. It transports you to the post-Civil War era, where 12-year-old ConaLee is thrust into adulthood with her mute mother.
Sep 15, 2023 · The shocking scars of the Civil War live on in ‘Night Watch’. Jayne Anne Phillips’s National Book Award-nominated novel is a haunting story of resistance. 5 min. Review by Wendy...
Sep 19, 2023 · Jayne Anne Phillips. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 19, 2023 - Fiction - 304 pages. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A...
