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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a 2007 novel written by Dominican American author Junot Díaz.Although a work of fiction, the novel is set in New Jersey in the United States, where Díaz was raised, and it deals with the Dominican Republic's experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo. [1]
In The Independent, Matt Thorne reviews the book Just After Sunset, in which "Harvey's Dream" can be found.He mentions "Harvey's Dream" as being one of the weaker stories in the collection (along with "Graduation Afternoon"), stating that "in both of these stories, which seem to have been written quickly, [King] seems less interested in creating compelling fiction than in transcribing his ...
Perchance to Dream is a detective crime novel by Robert B. Parker, written as an authorized sequel to The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Following his post-mortem collaboration with Chandler on Poodle Springs , this 1991 release is the second and final Philip Marlowe novel written by Parker.
Broken Sleep: an American Dream is the second novel by American writer Bruce Bauman, published in 2015.It follows the exploits of the powerful Savant family, including rock star-cum-US presidential candidate Alchemy Savant, his half-brother Moses Teumer, and their brilliant but insane mother Salome Savant.
3. The Stately Pleasure Dome of Dream Literature 4. The Devil Plays the Violin: Dreams and Music 5. The Committee of Sleep Wins a Nobel Prize: Dreams in Science and Math 6. Of Sewing Machines and Other Dreams: Inventions of The Committee 7. The Claw of the Panther: Dreams and the Body 8.
The entire book is presented as a dream sequence narrated by an omniscient narrator.The allegory's protagonist, Christian, is an everyman character, and the plot centres on his journey from his hometown, the "City of Destruction" ("this world"), to the "Celestial City" ("that which is to come": Heaven) atop Mount Zion.
The book has also been released as a paperback and as an audiobook. The audiobook was read by Oliver Wyman whose performance was praised by Booklist. Two new covers have been released for the book both in paperback format. The book was well received by critics who commonly praised the creativity and humor.
A central theme of the book is the changing relationship between faith and reason. Koestler explores how these seemingly contradictory threads existed harmoniously in many of the greatest intellectuals of the West. He illustrates that while the two are estranged today, in the past the most ground-breaking thinkers were often very religious.