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The House of Sleep (Vintage International)
The House of Sleep - Vintage International
Author: Jonathan Coe
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375700880
ISBN-10: 0375700889
Publication Date: 4/27/1999
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The House of Sleep (Vintage International) on + 43 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A very interesting read with a plot twist that I could have never predicted. It is interesting how the lives of the characters intertwined then found their way back to each other by the end of the story.
Azulita avatar reviewed The House of Sleep (Vintage International) on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This was a very odd book but very engaging. I hesitated to even post it cause it might be one I would want to read again. There are a lot of layers to it that a second reading might make more clear.
Readnmachine avatar reviewed The House of Sleep (Vintage International) on + 1474 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
What a strange book! This is a somewhat surreal story of how the post-college lives of several students who once shared a remote seaside residence continue to intersect well after they think they have moved on.
reviewed The House of Sleep (Vintage International) on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
excellent if very unusual book.
NicolevH avatar reviewed The House of Sleep (Vintage International) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A strange read, but somehow still enjoyable! Found it a little difficult to follow along at times, but only because I'm a slow reader and had to remember details some days later...otherwise, liked this one.
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