From “The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters” by Adam Nicolson
So uncatchable is Odysseus that when the poem describes his state of mind, you can never be certain where to find him. When he is lying in bed, anxious and…
Tag: sleep
Extract from a paper in progress on sleep in J G Ballard’s fiction
“Manhole 69 follows three volunteers, Avery, Lang and Gorrell, who have undertook a procedure which has removed the ability to sleep. The primary investigator, Dr Neill, reflects with scorn on sleep:…
From “Look At the Harlequins!”, Vladimir Nabokov
“At its worst it went like this: An hour or so after falling asleep (generally well after midnight and with the humble assistance of a little Old Mead or Chartreuse)…
“Sleep.” Bravig Imbs
I slowly the ponderous doors of lead imponderous pushed by a wedging force unthinking opened how like a cloud I floated down the dim green air unthinking of the soft…
From “Correction”, Thomas Bernhard (trans. Sarah Wilkins)
What a terrible situation I’ve let myself in for by accepting Hoeller’s invitation and moving into Hoeller’s garret, I thought. I looked down at Hoeller’s workshop windows and I thought,…
Séamus Sweeney 