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Asleep

Cixin Liu

2000177 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Grove Press · 177 pages · ENGISBN 9780802116697
  • 2001SOS Free Stock · 178 pagesISBN 9780571207732
  • 2001Grove Press · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780802138200
  • 2001Faber and Faber · 184 pagesISBN 9780571205370

Already an international bestseller, "Asleep" comprises three novellas of women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. And a third finds her sleep haunted by a woman she was once pitted against in a love triangle.

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble
CommitmentQuick escape

Worth knowing

Romance levelCentralSubplot

When and where

Reading situationCommuteWaiting
ThemesLove
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