num_pages: 329
description: Sarah is narcoleptic. Her inability to distinguish between dreams and waking reality gives rise to many misunderstandings. For Terry, a disillusioned film critic, sleep is merely a memory. For Dr Dunstan, sleep is nothing less than a global disease. Constructed to reflect the different stages of sleep, "The House of Sleep" is a brilliant and original comedy about the powers we acquire - and those we relinqish - when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love. "It must be one of the best books of the year" - Malcolm Bradbury in "The Times."
language: English
title: The House of Sleep
titlecomplete: The House of Sleep
characters: Terry, Gregory, Sarah, Robert
genres: British Literature, Drama, Psychology, Novels, Romance, Thriller, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 11526
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger
publisher: London: Viking