The House of Sleep
de Coe, Jonathan
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- ISBN 10
- 0670864587
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- 9780670864584
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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London: Viking, 1997 0670864587. First printing. First edition. 9780670864584. Hardback.signed by author on the title page to current owner. No other inscriptions or anotations. VG/Fair in stained and repaired but unclipped and intact DW. This cover is made of an unusual opaque material, possibly parchment paper. 330 pages not including appendices which add another 10 pages.. "Constructed to reflect the different stages of sleep, haunted by the ghosts of forgotten dreams and 'lost' movies, this book is an original comedy about the powers we require - and those we relinquish - when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love." Some profound observations on the nature of sleep at the clinic which is the setting for the novel. Coe's 5th novel. Winner of the Winner of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel award and in France the Prix Médicis. .
Sinopsis
Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events; Robert has had 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...
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- Librería
- David Edward Hellawell
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- 127
- Título
- The House of Sleep
- Autor
- Coe, Jonathan
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670864587
- ISBN 13
- 9780670864584
- Editorial
- London: Viking, 1997 0670864587
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1997
- Palabras clave
- Insomnia Sleep Disorders Narcolepsy Science Relationships Love Hilarity Humour QSE
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