A Voice in the Night
Now all he can do is lie there thinking about things, high school, grade school, the boy in the room in Stratford, listening for the voice in the night. …
Steven Millhauser conjures a boy in biblical darkness hearing God's call—or is it only the voice of his own need, echoing in the night? The story moves between ancient Shiloh and modern Connecticut, between Samuel and a contemporary insomniac, asking who speaks when we hear voices that demand we listen.