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.

Sleep Has His House

Kavan, Anna

Literature & Fiction

Michael Kesend Pub Ltd

This is a daring synthesis of memoir and surrealist experimentation from 1948. It charts the stages of the subject's gradual withdrawal from all interest in and contact with the daylight world of received reality. Brief flashes of daily experience from childhood, adolescence, and youth are described in a night-time language""-a heightened, decorative prose that frees these events from their gloomy associations, suggesting that 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. In the tradition of de Quincey, Wilkie Collins, and Coleridge, this is a fascinating clinical casebook of Kavan's individual obsessions and the effects of drugs on her imagination. ""A near masterpiece in the imaginative speculations of those whose paradise simultaneously contains their hell.""--The Times.

Asylum Piece and Other Stories

Contemporary

Understanding Pacemakers

Explains the workings of the heart and the function of the pacemaker and offers practical advice for patients on life with a pacemaker

Sonnenburg, David

Medical Books

Explains the workings of the heart and the function of the pacemaker and offers practical advice for patients on life with a pacemaker

An Ancient Castle

When, through the efforts of an unscrupulous war profiteer, his father is threatened with dismissal from his job as keeper of an ancient castle, a young boy helps thwart the conspiracy and discovers an unexpected treasure.

GRAVES, Robert

Children's Books

Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter (English and French Edition)

CENDRARS, BLAISE

When gold is discovered on John Augustus Sutter's land, his property is overrun and he loses his wealth and land

Gold Being the Marvelous History of General John Augustus Sutter (English and French Edition)

Explains how to interpret tracks in the snow, chewed twigs, and other signs of winter animal activity, and identifies various species of trees

Wintersigns in the Snow

Science & Math

Cox, Gerald

Biological Sciences

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Sleep Has His House

Sleep Has His House

Asylum Piece and Other Stories

Asylum Piece and Other Stories

Understanding Pacemakers

Understanding Pacemakers

An Ancient Castle

Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter (English and French Edition)

Gold Being the Marvelous History of General John Augustus Sutter (English and French Edition)

Wintersigns in the Snow