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Asleep in the Sun

by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Suzanne Jill Levine, James Sallis

2004•New York Review Books•EN
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Asleep in the Sun by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Suzanne Jill Levine, James Sallis

Insights from Asleep in the Sun

“I'm not sure if it's better to be crazy or to be someone else.”

Losing your wife to a mental hospital is bad enough. Finding out she came back a completely different person is even scarier.

Lucio tries so hard to be a good husband. He ignores his own eyes just to keep the peace at home.

“In this world, everything is a matter of patience.”

The way the doctors talk about fixing people feels wrong. They treat human souls like they are just broken watches.

Diana used to be sharp and difficult. After the treatment, she is perfect and sweet, but she feels empty inside.

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Published
2004
Publisher
New York Review Books
ISBN
9781590170953
Language
EN

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