The House of Sleep

by JonathanCoe (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.25

  Sarah, who is narcoleptic, has always found sleep a confusing state. 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, as he yearns for the tantalizing dreams he used to enjoy. For Dr Dunstan, sleep is nothing less than a global disease. Constructed to reflect the different stages of sleep, haunted by forgotten dreams and lost moveis, The House of Sleep is a brilliant and original comedy about the powers we acquire - and those we relinquish - when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.27

  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 ofthe year - Malcolm Bradbury in the Times