{"product_id":"9780312421045","title":"He Sleeps : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHe Sleeps\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Reginald McKnight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertrand, a young African-American anthropologist, has ostensibly come to Senegal to do field research. In truth, he left his home in Denver to gain a fresh perspective on his troubled marriage. Struggling to fit in with his new Senegalese family--Alaine, his wife Kene, and their young daughter--Bertrand finds himself, for the first time in his life, haunted by surreal and increasingly violent dreams. His waking hours are no less sinister; unwittingly, it seems, Bertrand has become caught in the tension--sexual and otherwise--building between the married couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sly, deep, perverse study of black middle-class alientation...Subtle and beautifully tuned. McKnight has fused poetic structure with the suspense thriller.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extraordinary...With fluid, frank authority, McKnight addresses the sticky ironies of racial and national identity.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book itself seems blessed....McKnight's novel pays homage to the African literary tradition at the same time it takes on a hallucinatory life of its own.” —\u003ci\u003eAlan Cheuse, National Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McKnight forces us to think about race, sex, denial, but even more significantly, he forces us to feel.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinary novel, technically daring and thematically subtle and complicated. Bertrand's loneliness transcends race and time.” —\u003ci\u003eHa Jin, author of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Finalist (2002), Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee (2002), Winner Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Winner (2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312421045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656603021518,"sku":"9780312421045","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_eab87454-7dd7-4ceb-aa33-e63b14cd8556.jpg?v=1639451441","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312421045","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}