Synopsis
Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim and A Touch of Love, explores love, obsession and sleep in the intensely moving and frequently hilarious novel The House of Sleep, winner of the 1998 Prix Médicis Étranger.
Sarah 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. . .
‘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 Supplement
Jonathan Coe’s novels are filled with biting political satire, moving and astute observations of life and hilarious set pieces that have made him one of the most popular writers of his generation. His other titles, The Rotters’ Club, The Closed Circle, The Accidental Woman, The Dwarves of Death, The House of Sleep (winner of the 1998 Prix Médicis Étranger), What a Carve Up! (winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and The Rain Before it Falls, are all available in Penguin paperback.
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‘Moving, wistful and wise, this novel is also genuinely hilarious; if you need convincing, chapter 15 is some of the funniest writing in the English language.’
Naomi Alderman
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141033303
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 352
Published : 19 May 2008
Publisher : Penguin
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