Tales of the Night () is a story collection by Danish author Peter Høeg. It comprises eight short stories that are about "Love and its conditions on the night of 19 March 1929".
Publication history Fortællinger om Natten 1990, Denmark, Rosinante Tales of the Night 1997, England, Harvill Press Tales of the Night 1998, USA, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Contents Source: Journey Into a Dark Heart Homage to Bournoville The Verdict on the Right Honourable Ignatio Landstad Rasker, Lord Chief Justice An Experiment in the Constancy of Love Portrait of the Avant-garde Pity for the Children of Vaden Town Story of a Marriage Reflection of a Young Man in the Balance
Reception Jay Parini, in a review of Tales of the Night for The New York Times, wrote "Throughout this volume, Hoeg attacks the conventionality of Danish life, with its bureaucracy and rigid sense of duty, its reflexive worship of the institutions of science, law, commerce and art. When his urge to accumulate details and points of view does not drown the narrative, the stories blaze with intelligence and passion. But only in the bizarre, affecting tale of Ignatio Rasker's decision to throw everything away for love does Hoeg live up to his full potential." The Denver Post found "Though sometimes self-consciously philosophical, reflecting the author's youth and desire to declare himself a cerebral sort, every tale in this collection has its own fascinations."
Tales of the Night has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and Library Journal.
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