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The House of Sleep

Jonathan Coe

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The House of Sleep

Dreamy narrative intertwining sleep, love, and disillusionment.

"The House of Sleep" offers a clever intertwining of lives and dreams that will resonate with anyone who has ever pondered the mysteries of sleep and the complexities of love. The quirky characters and their unique afflictions serve as a fascinating backdrop for exploring human connections. Coe's witty writing and inventive plot make for a compelling and thought-provoking read.

  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1998)
  • Prix Médicis étranger (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780140250831
Author: Jonathan Coe
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Literary Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
Related Topics: Thriller, Mystery, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 12168 readers)

Description

Winner of the Writers' Guild Best Fiction Award in England and the Prix Médicis in France. Like a surreal and highly caffeinated version of The Big Chill, Jonathan Coe's new novel follows four students who knew each other in college in the eighties. Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events. Robert has his life changed forever by the misunderstandings that arise from her condition. Terry spends his wakeful nights fueling his obsession with movies. And an increasingly unstable doctor, Gregory, sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which he must eradicate. But after ten years of fretful slumber and dreams gone bad, the four reunite in their college town to confront their disorders. In a Gothic cliffside manor being used as a clinic for sleep disorders, they discover that neither love, nor lunacy, nor obsession ever rests.
 

Dreamy narrative intertwining sleep, love, and disillusionment.

"The House of Sleep" offers a clever intertwining of lives and dreams that will resonate with anyone who has ever pondered the mysteries of sleep and the complexities of love. The quirky characters and their unique afflictions serve as a fascinating backdrop for exploring human connections. Coe's witty writing and inventive plot make for a compelling and thought-provoking read.

  • James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1998)
  • Prix Médicis étranger (1998)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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