Night Vision
In search of the true dark
Will be published approx. on 1. October 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-5299-6768-5 (ISBN)
Description
'An elegant and deeply sensory exploration of darkness in all its forms' Katherine May, author of Wintering
An exhilarating leap into darkness: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland
In her search for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed poet and writer Jean Sprackland confronts some of the deepest - and darkest - questions about who we are and our place in the world.
With glimmering prose that draws on memory and imagination, history and ecology, literature and myth, Night Vision is an expansive, thrilling journey into the true dark.
'Stylish and crammed with memorable details' Robert Crawford, author of Old World
'In this lyrical series of essays, Jean Sprackland falls in love with the dark... Evocative and ambitious' Irish Times
An exhilarating leap into darkness: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland
In her search for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed poet and writer Jean Sprackland confronts some of the deepest - and darkest - questions about who we are and our place in the world.
With glimmering prose that draws on memory and imagination, history and ecology, literature and myth, Night Vision is an expansive, thrilling journey into the true dark.
'Stylish and crammed with memorable details' Robert Crawford, author of Old World
'In this lyrical series of essays, Jean Sprackland falls in love with the dark... Evocative and ambitious' Irish Times
Reviews / Votes
An elegant and deeply sensory exploration of darkness in all its forms -- Katherine May, author of WINTERING Stylish and crammed with memorable details, Night Vision is the most lucid book about darkness you will ever read. -- Robert Crawford, author of OLD WORLD An intimate, questing, and deeply moving collection of nocturnal encounters, Jean Sprackland's Night Vision is a stellar polyphony of vespertine voice and story. Illuminating and lyrical, equal parts uncanny and comforting, but always curious and humane, this book is essential reading for anybody wishing to become better acquainted with the night. -- Dan Richards, author of OVERNIGHT In this lyrical series of essays, Jean Sprackland falls in love with the dark... An evocative and ambitious study of a state that makes up half of human experience. * Irish Times * Evocative and intimate... [Sprackland] invite[s] us to step outside, switch off the lights and make peace with the night again * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-6768-5 (9781529967685)
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E-Book
11/2025
Vintage Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Book
11/2025
Jonathan Cape
€24.00
Available immediately
Person
Jean Sprackland is the author of five poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published two works of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize, and These Silent Mansions: A Life in Graveyards in 2020. Her forthcoming titles are Night Vision, a non-fiction exploration of darkness, in November 2025, and Goyle, Chert, Mire, her latest poetry collection, in April 2026.