The inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film The Midnight Sky · Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Chicago Review of Books and Shelf Awareness · Colson Whitehead's Favorite Book of the Year (Esquire) · Translated into 17 languages
“Beautiful, haunting … The descriptions of landscape in Good Morning, Midnight are stunningly gorgeous, from the frozen Arctic to the vastness of space, and the book contemplates the biggest questions—What is left at the end of the world? What is the impact of a life’s work?—through the very different, but undeniably connected, individual experiences of a man always looking up at the stars and a woman adrift among them. It’s a quiet novel, a post-apocalypse novel with no apocalypse, that stays with you long after the last page.” ―Portland Mercury
“A post-apocalyptic novel that barely mentions the apocalypse … Part of the fun of the novel is seeing how Brooks-Dalton manages to weave these two seemingly disparate stories together, drawing her protagonists closer to each other by ingenious narrative and thematic means. Unlike plot-oriented science fiction novels such as The Martian, Good Morning, Midnight derives more tension from existential dread than dealing with equipment failures … Lily Brooks-Dalton puts much of her writerly energies into introspection, having her protagonists delve deep into their copious emotional baggage … Here, at the end of the world, Brooks-Dalton turns her protagonists' gaze inward.” ―Shelf Awareness |
“A beautifully written, sparse post-apocalyptic novel that explores memory, loss and identity … Fans of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora will appreciate Brooks-Dalton’s exquisite exploration of relationships in extreme environments.” ―Washington Post
“Beautiful descriptions create a sense of wonder and evoke feelings of desolation … Brooks-Dalton’s heartfelt debut novel unfolds at a perfect pace as it asks readers what will be left when everything in the world is gone.” ―Booklist “Ambitious …Brooks-Dalton’s prose lights up the page in great swathes, her dialogue sharp and insightful, and the high-concept plot drives a story of place, elusive love, and the inexorable yearning for human contact … Memorable characters explore complex questions that resonate with the urgency of a glimpse into the void.” ―Publisher’s Weekly “Slim but ambitious … an astute exploration of the ways that human beings develop in isolation. In Good Morning, Midnight, Brooks–Dalton writes beautifully about ambition, loss, grief, and, most compellingly, what it means to love and be loved. The novel moves nimbly between genres, flawlessly combining mystery, science fiction and the classic adventure story to form a truly literary novel that takes places in a society not so different from our own. With intricate multifaceted characters and an emotionally harrowing plot, Brooks-Dalton delivers a profound meditation on human connection.” ―Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star “It takes a brave writer to leave the biggest questions unanswered, but Brooks-Dalton handles her unpulled threads masterfully … We tend to think of the end of the world as a bombastic event, massive and rife with destruction. “Good Morning, Midnight” gives us a different look … Technically, this could be considered a post-apocalyptic story, but the truth is that Brooks-Dalton has created something much more poignant … Powerful and moving, Good Morning, Midnight is an exceptional example of the literary power of speculative fiction.” ―The Maine Edge “Good Morning, Midnight is a remarkable and gifted debut novel. Lily Brooks-Dalton is an uncanny chronicler of desolate spaces, whether it's the cold expanse of the universe or the deepest recesses of the human heart." ―Colson Whitehead, National Book Award winner “What does it mean to be isolated from the ordinariness of the everyday world, yet to find the extraordinariness of being close to another human being? With imagination, empathy and insight into the unchanged and unchangeable human nature, Lily Brooks-Dalton takes us on an emotional journey in this beautiful debut.” ―Yiyun Li, PEN/Hemingway Award winner “A truly original novel, otherworldly and profoundly human . . . Good Morning, Midnight is a fascinating story, surprising and inspiring at every turn.” —Keith Scribner |