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Naked Sleeper
A Novel
by Sigrid Nunez
ISBN: 0060928611
ISBN-13: 9780060928612
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Nona's father left her and her mother when Nona was a child, and he died young. A painter, he has become more famous after death than when he was alive. Nona herself grew up and married Roy, a voice teacher, and they live placidly in Greenwich Village. But when Nona goes to a writing colony to finish a book on her father, she is approached by another married man named Lyle, who seduces her and persuades her to come to Santa Fe. There, she discovers Lyle's true nature-and her own.
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"No dazzling, high-powered dynamics here, but, rather, a steady, superbly insightful study of a life as quietly complex as the reader's won: a tale that touches the heart of what it is to be human."
-- Kirkus
"In telling the story of Nona, a narcissistic, 40-year-old New Yorker who leaves a 'patient, loving' husband for a short, pitiful affair, Sigrid Nunez's second novel could verge on the banal. But with her well-pitched prose and her eye for telling contemporary details, Ms. Nunez transforms 'Naked Sleeper' into a story that abounds in vivid moments and moods."
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Publisher's Notes
With her well-pitched prose and eye for telling contemporary details, Ms. Nunez transforms Naked Sleeper into a story that abounds in vivid moments and moods. --New York Times Book Review A gifted storyteller...[Naked Sleeper] has the lightness and charm of style previously on display in Nunezs first novel. Like A Feather on the Breath of God, this book is written with exacting subtle feel for language that caresses its subject into life. And Nunezs sense of humor, demonstrated in the hilarious malapropisms of Nonas students, is entirely winning. --Newsday Nunez writes elegantly...an enlighting literary adventure. --People Ms. Nunez portrays Nona with keen sympathy and shrewd insight --Wall Street Journal A steady, superbly insightful study of a life as quietly complex as the readers own: a tale that touches the heart of what it is to be human. --Kirkus Reviews, starred A haunting story, resonant with hard-won wisdom. --Publishers Weekly, starred Rich...Elegant...There's depth and design, a web of artistry...A joy. --Boston Globe
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Nunez, Sigrid
Perennial, 1997-10. Trade Paperback.. Very good condition.. * * * Selling books of merit since 1988. * * * Prompt, Professional Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. * * * ( more information)
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Nunez, Sigrid
Perennial, 1997-10. Trade Paperback.. Very good condition.. * * * Selling books of merit since 1988. * * * Prompt, Professional Service. Satisfaction Guaranteed. * * * ( more information)
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Nunez, Sigrid
Perennial. PAPERBACK. 0060928611 Cover has very little shelf wear. NO spine seams. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean with NO markings, NO creases and NO dog-ears. Trade Paperback. . New. ( more information)
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Naked Sleeper : A Novel
Nunez, Sigrid
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 1997. Nice copy some wrinking, should press flat. Soft Cover. As New. ( more information)
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Nunez, Sigrid
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial Library, 1997. Clean tight unmarked book. Nice Copy!. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information)
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NAKED SLEEPER
Nunez, Sigrid
Harper Perennial paperback, 1997, 235p. Light creasing of a few pages but otherwise good copy. ISBN 0060928611. ( more information)
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Sigrid Nunez
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Naked Sleeper
Nunez, Sigrid
U.S.A.: Harper Collins., 1997 Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Nunez, Sigrid
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Naked Sleeper: A Novel
Sigrid Nunez
Perennial. New. Fast Shipping! 1997 Perennial Edition; Paperback; Remainder mark on bottom page edges; Slight cover wear; Not library copy; Not remainder ( more information)
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