House of Sleep
19.99 €
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House of Sleep
19.99 €
"The House
Dream House" is an ironic and masterfully written novel about love, loneliness, loss and
madness.
Coe's characters have a confusing relationship with sleep - they sleep too little, too much, don't sleep at all, have strange dreams, have strange dreams.
too much, too little, too much, no sleep at all, strange dreams, no dreams at all....
Twelve years ago, narcoleptic Sarah, movie buff Terry, manic
explorer Gregory and romantic Robert lived in the gloomy Ashdown Mansion, which now houses
now home to a sleep disorder clinic. Life has taken them in different directions.
but they are still bound together by the strong threads of insomnia and dreams.
After a series of bizarre events, extremely reminiscent of a confusing dream,
all four find themselves back in Ashdown and set in motion a plot that's
is so carefully crafted that most modern novels look
compared to The House of Dreams, like the sketches of a budding impressionist.
Jonathan Coe is a marvelous storyteller, he subordinates his novels to a single
plot, when absolutely everything: chance encounters, the sudden appearance of memorable
objects - is tightly fitted at the end, and the most frivolous
conversations are endowed with great meaning.
Dream House" is an ironic and masterfully written novel about love, loneliness, loss and
madness.
Coe's characters have a confusing relationship with sleep - they sleep too little, too much, don't sleep at all, have strange dreams, have strange dreams.
too much, too little, too much, no sleep at all, strange dreams, no dreams at all....
Twelve years ago, narcoleptic Sarah, movie buff Terry, manic
explorer Gregory and romantic Robert lived in the gloomy Ashdown Mansion, which now houses
now home to a sleep disorder clinic. Life has taken them in different directions.
but they are still bound together by the strong threads of insomnia and dreams.
After a series of bizarre events, extremely reminiscent of a confusing dream,
all four find themselves back in Ashdown and set in motion a plot that's
is so carefully crafted that most modern novels look
compared to The House of Dreams, like the sketches of a budding impressionist.
Jonathan Coe is a marvelous storyteller, he subordinates his novels to a single
plot, when absolutely everything: chance encounters, the sudden appearance of memorable
objects - is tightly fitted at the end, and the most frivolous
conversations are endowed with great meaning.
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