?' The Dreamers is harrowing, riveting, profoundly moving , and beautifully written . In a word, this book is stunning ' Emily St. John Mandel , author of Station Eleven ~*~ The eagerly awaited new novel from the author of The Age of Miracles ~*~ Imagine a world where sleep could trap you, for days, for weeks, months. A world where you could, even, die of sleep rather than in your sleep. Karen Thompson Walker's second novel is stunning, the story of a Californian town's epidemic of perpetual sleep. Praise for The Dreamers : 'A modern Midsummer Night's Dream . In this wonderful novel, Walker paints a haunting canvas exploring time, memory, consciousness, and youth ' Marisha Pessl , author of Night Film ' Frighteningly powerful , beautiful , and uncanny , The Dreamers is a love story and also a horror story - a symphonic achievement , alternating intimate moments with a panoramic capture of a crisis in progress' K aren Russell , author of Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories 'What a book! I read The Dreamers in a dream of sorts myself, entirely transported into Karen Thompson Walker's world of mysterious tragedy and infinite, if unexpected, compassion . This is a profound novel, and a deeply moving one.
How she takes a terrifying situation and reveals it as a thing of beauty , a lesson in the human spirit, is a mystery to me, but she does exactly that, and fortunate readers will celebrate this extraordinary book' Robin Black , author of Life Drawing Praise for The Age of Miracles: 'A beautifully observed coming-of-age tale in the great American tradition . nimble, delicate and emotionally sophisticated' Observer ' Hauntingly believable . an impressive and quietly terrifying book' Sunday Times 'Karen Thompson Walker's debut novel is a stunner from the first page - an end-of-the-world, coming-of-age tale of quiet majesty. I loved this novel and can't wait to see what this remarkable writer will do next' Justin Cronin , author of The Passage 'What a remarkable, beautifully wrought novel' Curtis Sittenfeld 'Brought to mind Alice Sebbold's The Lovely Bones' The Times.