{"product_id":"dreamers-book-karen-thompson-walker-9780812994162","title":"The Dreamers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE - \u003c\/b\u003eAn ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep in this mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStunning.--Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven \u003c\/i\u003e- A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril.--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep--and doesn't wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. When a second girl falls asleep, and then a third, Mei finds herself thrust together with an eccentric classmate as panic takes hold of the college and spreads to the town. A young couple tries to protect their newborn baby as the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. Two sisters turn to each other for comfort as their survivalist father prepares for disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose affected by the illness, doctors discover, are displaying unusual levels of brain activity, higher than has ever been recorded before. They are dreaming heightened dreams--but of what? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in luminous prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathtaking and beautiful novel, startling and provocative, about the possibilities contained within a human life--if only we are awakened to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalker's roving fictive eye by turns probes characters' innermost feelings and zooms out to coolly parse topics like reality versus delusion. . . .  It has] the perfect ambiguous frame for a tense and layered plot.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Walker's] gripping, provocative novel should come with a warning: may cause insomnia.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Week)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful and moving . . . written with symphonic sweep.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2019's first must-read novel . . . Alternately terrifying and moving . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers \u003c\/i\u003eis overflowing with humanity.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJezebel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is an exquisite work of intimacy. Walker's sentences are smooth, emotionally arresting--of a true, ethereal beauty. . . . This book achieves  a] dazzling, aching humanity.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49876743422225,"sku":"CIN0812994167G","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50326262087953,"sku":"CIN0812994167VG","price":4.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50411433591057,"sku":"GOR010726912","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416398037265,"sku":"CIN0812994167A","price":4.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53340097347857,"sku":"GOR014860186","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812994167.jpg?v=1786129592","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/dreamers-book-karen-thompson-walker-9780812994162","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}