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'''''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> |
'''''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> |
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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> |
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> |
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* [[Ice (Kavan novel)|''Ice'']], a later novel by Kavan |
* [[Ice (Kavan novel)|''Ice'']], a later novel by Kavan |
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Revision as of 16:08, 8 April 2018
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]
See also
- Ice, a later novel by Kavan
References
- ^ a b "Review: Sleep has His House by Anna Kavan". Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ a b Zambreno, Kate. "Anna Kavan". Dalkey Archive Press.
Further reading
- Garrity, Jane (1994). "Nocturnal Transgressions in The House of Sleep: Anna Kavan's Maternal Registers". MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 40 (2): 253–277. doi:10.1353/mfs.0.0915. ISSN 1080-658X.
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