Like The House of Sleep?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!
Critics
-
readingmatters published on Thu, 22 Dec 2011
-
The House of Sleep
Review-a-Day Saturday, February 25th, 2006 The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe He Put a Spell on Me A review by Georgie Lewis "And so have you read anything by Jonathan Coe?" I asked Julian Barnes, at the close of our interview last week, after the mi ... (read full critics)
powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010
7 Reviews
-
1 person find this helpful




"Robert thought to himself: this must be what it is like, to have a family. A wife and a child. This ceaseless admixture of anxiety and trust."
"For once, on the train, she took no notice of the advertisements, declined to read the back pages of other people's newspapers, and instead looked cl ... (continue)
Control Freak said on May 10, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
-
Mearso said on Aug 4, 2008 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
-
*** This comment contains spoilers! ***




"That's the infallible sign of true affection: no opposition between interior solitude and friendship"
"When you lose somebody, when you miss them, you suffer because the departed person has become something imaginary; something unreal. But your desire for them isn't imaginary. So that's what you h ... (continue)
petite marchande de prose said on Jul 10, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
-




Make a wish and maybe someone will try to make your dreams come true. The thin line between dreams and reality.
It’s so bloody difficult to write something about a book, which is definitely going to take an important place among my favourites on my bookshelf!
So many emotions and thoughts tangle up in my head and stomach and I’d love to pass them on to you, who are probably reading these lines now. How to con ... (continue)Katia Guido said on Nov 13, 2010 | Add your feedback
-




Intricate, moving AND fun? I've got to be dreaming
It would be quite hard to find a defect in this extremely well-written, moving, and rightly praised novel (the slightly exaggerated Dr. Dudden's final pages being probably the closest you could get). While following the main characters - linked by their relations with sleep and with Ashdown, a resid ... (continue)
Aioros said on Jul 20, 2010 | Add your feedback
-
ausone said on Aug 23, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
Book Details
-
Rating:




(232)
- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0141033304
- ISBN-13: 9780141033303
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Pub date: May 19, 2008
- Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
Groups with this in collection
Margin notes of this book
Prices Change currency & sellers
| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780141033303 | Paperback | $14.74 | $11.82 | The Book Depository |
| Other editions → | ||||
| + 2 copies tradable: → | ||||
'The House of Sleep' by Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe is one of those English authors I've been meaning to read for years, so I was delighted when The House of Sleep, his fifth novel — and winner of the Writers' Guild Best Fiction Award for 1997 — was recently selected for my book group. Th ... (read full critics)