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The sleeping father : a novel / by Matthew Sharpe.
- Title
- The sleeping father : a novel / by Matthew Sharpe.
- Author
- Sharpe, Matthew, 1962-
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3569.H3444 S58 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 291 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Bernard Schwartz has lost his wife, his career, and finally, thanks to the accidental combination of two classes of antidepressants, his consciousness. He emerges from a coma to find his son Chris, the perpetual smart-ass, and his daughter Cathy, a Jewish teen turned self-martyred Catholic, stumbling headlong toward trauma-induced maturity. The Sleeping Father is about the loss of innocence, the disorienting innocence of second childhood, the biochemical mechanics of sanity and love, the nature of language and meaning, and the spirituality of selfhood. But most of all it is about the Schwartzes, a singular yet typical American family, making their way the best way they know how in a small town called Bellwether, Connecticut."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 193236000X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003013840
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries