Hello Midnight: An Insomniacs Literary Bedside Companion

Bishop, Deborah; Levy, David B.

ISBN 10: 0684848341 / ISBN 13: 9780684848341

Published by Touchstone, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing. "A compendium to distract, amuse, and entertain the dream-deprived" Covers have some minor edge wear with light rubbing and tiny creases at the corners. Back cover and spine have stickers. Black remainder mark on bottom page edges and a couple pages have creased corners, otherwise pages are clean. Seller Inventory # 9952817

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hello Midnight: An Insomniacs Literary ...

Publisher: Touchstone, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

"in the wee hours" For people to whom sleep comes easily, the night is a welcoming place. For those who hold no visa for the state of REM, minutes pass like hours. The brain of the insomniac defies sleep with endless musings and ramblings, recriminations and replayed conversations. Here, then, is a mini-Baedeker for the dream-deprived, designed to divert your gaze from the leering glare of the digital clock with soothing diversions and charming distractions, including: Pithy reflections on insomnia from thinkers and writers ranging from Job, Dorothy Parker, and Marcel Proust to Shakespeare, Bob Dylan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Leadbelly Eye-opening facts about famous insomniacs, including Marilyn Monroe's explanation of her relentless wakefulness 85 topics of regret, remorse, resentment, and recrimination, from the age-old question "What if everything my mother told me turns out to be true?" to the timeless favorite "Why did I have unprotected sex with my personal trainer?"A tongue-in-cheek guide to sleeping aids, from herbs and pharmaceuticals to sex and Wagner

Synopsis:

A lively collection of literary facts, excerpts, quotations, and quips for the chronic insomniac features words of wisdom on sleeplessness from Rudyard Kipling, Fran Liebowitz, Job, and Marcel Proust; fascinating trivia about famous insomniacs, a tongue-in-cheek guide to sleeping aids; suggestions of things to do if one cannot sleep; and more. Orig