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First edition (cover art by Bill English)

Sleep Has His House (first published as The House of Sleep in New York by Doubleday in 1947) is a novel by Anna Kavan. The novel is a dark coming of age narrative,^[1] which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings.^[2]

According to critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher Jonathan Cape dropping her as one of their authors.^[2] Kirkus Review, when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a "dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]".^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan". Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Zambreno, Kate. "Anna Kavan". Dalkey Archive Press.

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 [[File:TheHouseOfSleep.jpg|thumb|First edition (cover art by Bill English)]]
-'''''Sleep Has His House''''' (first published as '''''The House of Sleep''''' in New York by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] in 1947) is a novel by [[Anna Kavan]]. The novel is a dark [[bildungsroman|coming of age narrative]], <ref name = Kirkus/> which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings. <ref name = Dalkey>{{Cite web| title = Anna Kavan | publisher = Dalkey Archive Press| url = http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/anna-kavan/|first = Kate| last = Zambreno}}</ref>
-According to  critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher [[Jonathan Cape]] dropping her as one of their authors.<ref name = Dalkey/> Kirkus Review, when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a " dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]".<ref name = Kirkus>{{Cite web| title = Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan| url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anna-kavan-5/sleep-has-his-house/|accessdate = October 16, 2015}}</ref>
+'''''Sleep Has His House''''' (first published as '''''The House of Sleep''''' in New York by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] in 1947) is a novel by [[Anna Kavan]]. The novel is a dark [[bildungsroman|coming of age narrative]],<ref name = Kirkus/> which juxtaposes realistic semi-autobiographical accounting of life, with sections of subconscious wanderings.<ref name = Dalkey>{{Cite web| title = Anna Kavan | publisher = Dalkey Archive Press| url = http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/anna-kavan/|first = Kate| last = Zambreno}}</ref>
+According to  critic Kate Zambreno, the novel was neither a popular nor critical success, leading to the publisher [[Jonathan Cape]] dropping her as one of their authors.<ref name = Dalkey/> ''Kirkus Review'', when reviewing a 1980 reprint of the novel, called its style as having a "dreamlike quality--often beautiful but generally less effective [than her earlier work]".<ref name = Kirkus>{{Cite web| title = Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan| url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anna-kavan-5/sleep-has-his-house/|accessdate = October 16, 2015}}</ref>
+== See also ==
+* [[Ice (Kavan novel)|''Ice'']], a later novel by Kavan
 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
-* {{Cite journal| doi = 10.1353/mfs.0.0915| issn = 1080-658X| volume = 40| issue = 2| pages = 253-277| last = Garrity| first = Jane| title = Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers| journal = MFS Modern Fiction Studies| date = 1994| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v040/40.2.garrity.html}}
+* {{Cite journal| doi = 10.1353/mfs.0.0915| issn = 1080-658X| volume = 40| issue = 2| pages = 253–277| last = Garrity| first = Jane| title = Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers| journal = MFS Modern Fiction Studies| date = 1994| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v040/40.2.garrity.html}}
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-[[Category:1947 novels]]
+[[Category:1947 British novels]]