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The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir, Mary Robinette Kowal - translator
Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal
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About this listen

This program is read by author and narrator Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.

Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that’s sure to keep you awake at night.

Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause.

When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain is the same — have you tried eating better? exercising more? establishing a nighttime routine? She tries to follow their advice, buying everything from vitamins to sleeping pills to a step-counting watch. Nothing helps.

Until one night Iðunn falls asleep with the watch on, and wakes up to find she’s walked over 40,000 steps in the night . . .

What is happening when she’s asleep? Why is she waking up with increasingly disturbing injuries? And why won’t anyone believe her?

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

 Horror World Literature

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This is my second Icelandic novella after magma,which is a must read. I enjoy the short sharp chapters they are to the point. The plot is lacking and it’s definitely a character driven novella this is isn’t a full story. I could have listened to much more.

Definitely a horror

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I mean, this story really is excellent until the end, literally.

I don't know, I just feel disappointed by the ending but the narrator really delivers here.

an absolutely wild story delivered incredibly.

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Underwhelming. A good fragment of an idea. Short as it is, shorter still would have been better. The tale may have cultural references that escape me. I hope so. Otherwise quite disappointing.

Disappointing

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