Sleep Has His House by Anna Kavan
A classic later novel by Anna Kavan. A largely autobiographical account of an unhappy childhood, this daring synthesis of memoir and surrealist experimentation chronicles the subject's gradual withdrawal from the daylight world of received reality. Brief flashes of daily experience from childhood, adolescence, and youth are described in what is defined as nighttime language--a heightened, decorative prose that frees these events from their gloomy associations.The novel suggests we have all spoken this dialect in childhood and in our dreams, but these thoughts can only be sharpened or decoded by contemplation in the dark. Revealing that side of life which is never seen by the waking eye but which dreams and drugs can suddenly emphasize, this startling discovery illustrates how these nighttime illuminations reveal the narrator's joy for the living world.Anna Kavan was one of the most enigmatic figures in British writing during the twentieth century. Born Helen Ferguson, she had a tumultuous life and two unsuccessful marriages, prompting her to adopt the name of one of her characters. Although spending most of her life battling mental illness and heroin addiction, she was nevertheless able to write fiction that was as strong and unforgettable as any English female writer of the previous 150 years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780720611298 |
| ISBN 10 | 0720611296 |
| Title | Sleep Has His House |
| Author | Anna Kavan |
| Series | Peter Owen Modern Classic |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peter Owen Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 196 |
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