{"product_id":"the-dreamers-9780812984668","title":"The Dreamers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE - \u003c\/b\u003eAn ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep in this mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunning.\"--Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven \u003c\/i\u003e- \"A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eGlamour \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eReal Simple \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep--and doesn't wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. When a second girl falls asleep, and then a third, Mei finds herself thrust together with an eccentric classmate as panic takes hold of the college and spreads to the town. A young couple tries to protect their newborn baby as the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. Two sisters turn to each other for comfort as their survivalist father prepares for disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose affected by the illness, doctors discover, are displaying unusual levels of brain activity, higher than has ever been recorded before. They are dreaming heightened dreams--but of what? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in luminous prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathtaking and beautiful novel, startling and provocative, about the possibilities contained within a human life--if only we are awakened to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Walker's roving fictive eye by turns probes characters' innermost feelings and zooms out to coolly parse topics like reality versus delusion. . . .  It has] the perfect ambiguous frame for a tense and layered plot.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Walker's] gripping, provocative novel should come with a warning: may cause insomnia.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Week)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful and moving . . . written with symphonic sweep.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"2019's first must-read novel . . . Alternately terrifying and moving . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamers \u003c\/i\u003eis overflowing with humanity.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eJezebel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is an exquisite work of intimacy. Walker's sentences are smooth, emotionally arresting--of a true, ethereal beauty. . . . This book achieves  a] dazzling, aching humanity.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Thompson Walker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into twenty-seven languages and named one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003ePeople, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. Born and raised in San Diego, Walker is a graduate of UCLA and the Columbia MFA program. She lives with her husband, the novelist Casey Walker, and their two daughters in Portland. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669317325074,"sku":"9780812984668","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_334bc543-79bd-4cab-9e7b-d40a714b2e9f.jpg?v=1733758057","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dreamers-9780812984668","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}