{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812984668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Karen Thompson Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644454891676,"sku":"9780812984668","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6b899195-1dfc-4246-988b-79af75faea01.jpg?v=1603858670","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dreamers-9780812984668","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}