Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s,Tender Is the Nightis the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick’s harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character,Tender Is the Nightis lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.