{"product_id":"madeleine-is-sleeping-9781250781338","title":"Madeleine Is Sleeping","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award Finalist, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's enchanting and inventive first novel is a groundbreaking, contemporary classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a girl falls into a mysterious, impenetrable sleep, the borders between her provincial French village and the peculiar, beguiling realm of her dreams begin to disappear: A fat woman sprouts delicate wings and takes flight; a failed photographer stumbles into the role of pornographer; a beautiful young wife grows to resemble her husband's viol. Madeleine, the dreamer, travels in their midst, trying to make sense of her own metamorphosis. She leaves home, joins a gypsy circus, and falls into an unexpected triangle of desire and love. \u003cbr\u003eEmbracing the earthy and the ethereal, the comical and the poignant, \u003ci\u003eMadeleine Is Sleeping \u003c\/i\u003eis part fairy tale, part coming-of-age story, and above all, an adventure in the discovery of art, sexuality, community, and the self.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBynum, Sarah Shun-Lien:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMs. Hempel Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award; and \u003ci\u003eMadeleine Is Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Fellowship, she was named one of \"20 Under 40\" fiction writers by the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50372280549650,"sku":"9781250781338","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32787e51-619a-4b0e-bd36-9242e7f8a808.jpg?v=1728545086","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/madeleine-is-sleeping-9781250781338","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}