Presents Josephine Humphreys reading the first chapters from her novels Dreams of sleep and Rich in love. · The opening of Dreams of Sleep might come from half a hundred novels of the ’s or ’s, yet by the end of a dozen paragraphs, Josephine Humphreys has commanded attention. In . Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason.”. ― Josephine Humphreys, Dreams of Sleep. 9 www.doorway.ru by: 3.
Fifty years after William Faulkner wrote Absalom, Absalom! Josephine Humphreys revisited the patriarchal metaphor of failure of the Old South in her first novel, Dreams of Sleep. In this novel, and again in her second novel, Rich in Love, Humphreys examines the ambivalent state of gender relations in the contemporary South brought on by the destabilization of a traditionally patriarchal. Dreams of Sleep. Josephine Humphreys. Penguin, Sep 1, - Fiction - pages. 0 Reviews. Alice Reese knows that the cheerful sounds of her family eating breakfast mask a ten--year marriage falling apart. As Alice and her husband, Will, struggle to understand--and perhaps recapture--the feelings that drew them together in the first place. Citation Information. The following information is provided for citations. Title Humphreys, Josephine; Coverage February 2, -; Author Ken Autrey; Keywords Novelist, teach at Baptist College, Dreams of Sleep (), Rich in Love (), The Fireman's Fair (), ; Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia; Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies.
Alice dreams of the ""ease"" of sleep, the sweetness of solitude. Will begins to falter in his work, joining an old friend (victim of an agonizing divorce) in symbolically playing out ""an old ritual of old men for the sake of what used to be."". Alice, Will, and Iris will change their perceptions of themselves, their destinies, and. The opening of Dreams of Sleep might come from half a hundred novels of the ’s or ’s, yet by the end of a dozen paragraphs, Josephine Humphreys has commanded attention. In the first. Alice Reese knows that the cheerful sounds of her family eating breakfast mask a ten--year marriage falling apart. As Alice and her husband, Will, struggle to.
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