The House of Sleep
Jonathan Coe
329 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0670864587
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1997
British LiteratureContemporaryDramaFictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsPsychologyRomanceThriller
Sarah is narcoleptic. Her inability to distinguish between dreams and waking reality gives rise to many misunderstandings. For Terry, a disillusioned film critic, sleep is merely a memory. For Dr Dunstan, sleep is nothing less than a global disease. Constructed to reflect the different stages of sleep, “The House of Sleep” is a brilliant and original comedy about the powers we acquire – and those we relinqish – when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love. “It must be one of the best books of the year” – Malcolm Bradbury in “The Times.”