The House of Sleep (Vintage International Series)

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Synopsis
The House of Sleep - Jonathan Coe's comic tale of love and obsessionSarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has his life changed for ever by the misunderstandings arising from her condition; Terry, the insomniac, spends his wakeful nights fuelling his obsession with movies; and the increasingly unstable Dr Gregory Dudden sees sleep as a life-shortening disease which must be eradicated. . .A group of students sharing a house. They fall in and out of love, they drift apart. Yet a decade later they are drawn back together by a series of coincidences involving their obsession with sleep - and each other. . . Winner of the 1998 Prix Médicis Étranger, The House of Sleep is an intensely moving and frequently hilarious novel about love, obsession and sleep.'Moving, clever, pleasurable, smart...one of the best books of the year' Malcolm Bradbury, The Times'There are bits that make you laugh out loud and others that make your heart ache' Guardian'Fiercely clever, witty, wise, hopeful...a compellingly beautiful tale of love and loss' The Times Literary SupplementJonathan Coe's novels are filled with biting social commentary, moving and astute observations of life and hilarious set pieces that have made him one of the most popular writers of his generation. His titles, Bournville, Middle England (Winner of the Costa Novel Award) What a Carve Up! (winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Touch of Love, The Rotters' Club (winner of the Everyman Wodehouse prize), The Closed Circle, The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim, The House of Sleep (winner of the1998 Prix Médicis Étranger), and The Rain Before it Falls, are all available in Penguin paperback. Jonathan Coe's latest novel The Proof of My Innocence is available to pre-order now!
Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780141918341
Related ISBNs:
9780241967744, 9780241987131, 9780141033303
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Jonathan Coe
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Humor
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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