Sleepers
A Novel
Published on 6. May 2025
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-64821-125-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Contemporary Tragedy in a Classic Style
Four New Yorkers' paths collide in the days ahead of the2016 election. Dan teaches Marxism while secretly courting a student. His girlfriend Mariko, an actress, finds refuge in her dying mentor's bed. When her sister, Akari, arrives from LA-in flight from her own dead-end romance-she becomes the unwitting witness to their mutual destruction . . .
In crystalline prose, Gasda maps the territory between who we pretend to be and who we are-and how far we are willing to go when we think the internet isn't looking. The Sleepers, a ruthless portrait of educated Millennials who know better but act worse, throws a jagged, electric light on how desire upends our carefully curated social personas.
Four New Yorkers' paths collide in the days ahead of the2016 election. Dan teaches Marxism while secretly courting a student. His girlfriend Mariko, an actress, finds refuge in her dying mentor's bed. When her sister, Akari, arrives from LA-in flight from her own dead-end romance-she becomes the unwitting witness to their mutual destruction . . .
In crystalline prose, Gasda maps the territory between who we pretend to be and who we are-and how far we are willing to go when we think the internet isn't looking. The Sleepers, a ruthless portrait of educated Millennials who know better but act worse, throws a jagged, electric light on how desire upends our carefully curated social personas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Skyhorse Publishing
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64821-125-6 (9781648211256)
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Matthew Gasda is a writer, director, and critic. He is the founder of the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research, where his plays appear regularly. You can read his "Writer's Diary" on Substack.