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Sleep Donation
Series: Vintage American Gothic
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Nine spine-tingling, mind-altering, and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES
Spine-tingling, mind-altering, and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.
Sleep Donation has a dreamlike beauty while remaining ominous and off-kilter. Parts of it gave me nightmares. – Stephen King
An epidemic of insomnia has left America crippled with exhaustion.
Thankfully, the Slumber Corps agency provides a lifeline, transfusing sleep to sufferers from healthy volunteers. Recruitment manager Trish Edgewater, whose sister Dori was one of the first victims of the disaster, has spent the last seven years enlisting new donors. But when she meets the mysterious Donor Y and Baby A—whose sleep can be universally accepted—her faith in the organisation and in her own motives begins to unravel.
Fully illustrated and featuring a brand-new 'Nightmare Appendix', this uncanny and prescient novella from the bestselling author of Swamplandia! will haunt your sleepless nights.
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Sleep Donation by Karen Russell is praised for its imaginative narrative and exploration of societal and ethical issues surrounding sleep and rest. Reviewers commend the novel's originality, noting the author's ability to weave a thought-provoking and eerie tale that resonates with contemporary concerns. The characters and dystopian setting are lauded for their vivid portrayal, creating a compelling and surreal reading experience.
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ISBN: 9781784878597
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 September 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 127g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Karen Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. Swamplandia! was one of the New York Times' Top Ten Books and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the recipient of the 2024 Mary McCarthy Award, the 2023 Bottari Lattes Grinzane Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and two National Magazine Awards for Fiction. She was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists and selected for the New Yorker's 20 under 40 list. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, she now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, son, and daughter.
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