Madeleine Is Sleeping
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
276 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0156032279
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Language: English
Publish: November 1, 2005
Coming Of AgeFairy TalesFantasyFictionFranceLiterary FictionLiteratureMagical RealismNovelsPoetry
When a girl falls into a deep and impenetrable sleep, the borders between her provincial French village and the peculiar, beguiling realm of her dreams begin to disappear: A fat woman sprouts delicate wings and takes flight; a failed photographer stumbles into the role of pornographer; a beautiful young wife grows to resemble her husband’s viol. And in their midst travels Madeleine, the dreamer, who is trying to make sense of her own metamorphosis as she leaves home, joins a gypsy circus, and falls into an unexpected triangle of desire and love.