
Sleep Donation
by Karen Russell
Title:
Sleep Donation
Author:
Karen Russell
Series (if any):
Vintage American Gothic
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
176 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781784878597
EAN:
9781784878597
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
252
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 198 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-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 KingAn 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.























