Midnight Tale Single edition by George Berger Literature Fiction eBooks
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He's faced hordes of screaming children intent upon his destruction. He's endured close confinement with a hostile camel. He even narrowly averted being the star attraction in a Satanic ritual sacrifice. Yet, despite handling these crises with aplomb, poor Midnight is ill-prepared for his latest, greatest adventure a perilous foray into the affairs of the heart. He knows all there is to know of love that a farm can teach - but will it be enough to see the young goat through his darkest and most trying times?
Midnight's Tale is a 12,000-word literary story of life and love in the treacherous, apple-laden world beyond the comforts of the barn.
Midnight's Tale is included in George's paperback collection Unmarketable Dross, available now at and elsewhere. It makes a great gift!
Midnight Tale Single edition by George Berger Literature Fiction eBooks
"[Life] went on, filled not with happy dreams of his flaxen-haired farm girl, but of sheep, who maybe weren't so bad when you really stopped and thought about it, and some magical, faraway place called Nevada."As a Nevadan, that gave me one of the many solid chuckles throughout this story. Nevada is certainly nice enough, but anyone who's been to our sweeping yellow dirt pit of a state will be equally amused to hear of someone daydreaming about a visit. And this literary short is filled with exactly that type of dry, subtle humor. It's superbly clever and understated. The author has a smart way of turning phrases, which turns something potentially very boring (goats? really?) into one of my favorite reads of the spring.
I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's pretty short, but in a good way. This is a piece that knows not to overstay its welcome. Highly recommended.
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Midnight Tale Single edition by George Berger Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
'Midnight's Tale' moved into my private, highly select hall of fame for Best Last Sentence.
Yes, an intriguing First Sentence is important, but I'm a stickler for a Great Ending, and those are few and hard to come by.
Other reviewers have lauded the originality, the humor, the quality and the style that infuses this short tale about a goat called Midnight. It is, delightfully, all that, all the way.
But more importantly, at the very end, everything I'd learned of Midnight, through Midnight and in the company of Midnight is crystallized in that one, perfect, final sentence.
My eyes got strangely misty. Goosebumps prickled my hide. The words took my breath away. I feel I'm kinder and wiser for reading this story, and probably better looking, too. You try it.
If you intend to go to bed early, don't start reading this goat story. First, you can't put it down until the end and then, you won't be able to fall asleep afterwards, wondering what happens to Midnight after all these adventures.
I LOVED it and I laughed so much trying to « decipher » the camel's complaints.
I kept visualizing some politicians « camelling » around in Quebec this spring (2012).
Great inspiring story !!!
Vous ne verrez plus "l'amour" de la même manière ...
Midnight's tale is a charming story of love and longing and a poor, confused goat that wanders through a confusing world of grouchy camels, petting zoos, and mysterious rituals in the woods. There are moments of genuine humor and pathos and just-clever-enough writing.
By the end of the story I began to suspect that Midnight's Tale was striking some autobiographical notes, but I don't know the author, so I cannot confirm this hunch.
I began MIDNIGHT'S TALE with few expectations and no knowledge of the author's level of skill. To my great delight, the story and its odd hooved hero captivated me from the first paragraph. The voice drew me in more than the action--there's precious little of that--and had that ineffable quality that allowed me to relax and enjoy reading I knew myself to be in the hands of a narrator whom I could trust.
Is it too much to tease out metaphors here and observe that the little goat passes from the nursery to the schoolyard; from the rewards of honest labor to the sometimes-dangers of "getting religion;" through escapism and mind-altering consumables before at last landing firmly on his four feet with the conclusion that there is no good greater than that of Love? Yes, it is probably too much. And in any case, the story can doubtless offer as many interpretations as it can find homes.
Give it a try--if you like the first page, I bet you'll enjoy the whole thing!
They say that one shouldn't judge (or pick) a book by its cover; in this case I'm glad that I overrode that often-repeated axiom.
George Berger's Single Midnight's Tale is a short, heart-warming story about a goat. I might have passed on this, but it showed up as a selection one morning, and the cover art by Vanessa Matte was compelling enough to make me take a closer look.
This is an easy book to get drawn into, right from the first, an easy and engaging tale about a goat named Midnight, a creature with a disarming way that makes it almost impossible to put the book down. But what stands out is the way that the author expresses Midnight's thoughts and sentiments, as can be seen here
"Wherever and under whatever unknown circumstances he'd come into the world, his first memories, his strongest memories, his happiest memories, were of Amanda. Amanda, with the gentle hands. Amanda, with the beautiful, musical laugh. Amanda, with the amazing flaxen hair and the wonderful chestnut eyes. Amanda, who smelled, without fail, of an intoxicating blend of green apples and exotic, fresh-cut flowers. She'd loved him, taken care of him, day by day, for almost a year."
Midnight can be innocent and naïve at times, but for a young goat he already has his own stubborn personality. He's an attraction at a petting zoo, and in awe of the grandeur of the warhorses that loomed taller over everything except the camels. He's quickly intolerant of the sheep, and even more of the children who ride him, with their sticky, slimy fingers that they wipe through his fur, urging him to giddy up as they urged him onward.
But Midnight isn't destined to remain in a petting zoo, and his adventure really begins to unfold when he's forced to leave. His adventures take him to the suburbs and beyond, from dumpsters to experiencing the joys of fermented apples, an encounter with some Satanists and far more. In short, he experiences the joys and evils of the world, the sorrows and the happiness.
The author's debut novel, Mendacities, was released in 2010, and is a 236-page coming-of-age story with an unusual political bent. I've read it and it's good. His more recent All The Wrong Reasons was released in April, 2012, and is a 32-page young adult small book said to be dealing with teenagers in love, football, embarrassment, meddlesome siblings, police officers, a Satanist biologist, and a goat. Satanists and a goat? Could it be Midnight, the same goat that we encounter here in this book? I'm not telling.
Reading the tale of Midnight, one cannot help but think of E.B. White's enduring classic, Charlotte's Web, but this tale is more introspective. Both are delightful for their intended audiences, however for adults this is one that really stands out as a unique work.
As Midnight says, "Humans, huh? Go figure." So true...
8/21/2012
"[Life] went on, filled not with happy dreams of his flaxen-haired farm girl, but of sheep, who maybe weren't so bad when you really stopped and thought about it, and some magical, faraway place called Nevada."
As a Nevadan, that gave me one of the many solid chuckles throughout this story. Nevada is certainly nice enough, but anyone who's been to our sweeping yellow dirt pit of a state will be equally amused to hear of someone daydreaming about a visit. And this literary short is filled with exactly that type of dry, subtle humor. It's superbly clever and understated. The author has a smart way of turning phrases, which turns something potentially very boring (goats? really?) into one of my favorite reads of the spring.
I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's pretty short, but in a good way. This is a piece that knows not to overstay its welcome. Highly recommended.
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