The Dream Mistress

Jenny Diski

earliest edition we have, 1996 Phoenix, 1997 186 pages

A sensual novel about companionship, heartache, and alienation. Mimi has the greatest difficulty staying awake; she nods off at the movies, during conversations with Jack, in the middle of a dinner party. She sleeps, apparently dream-free, partly escaping the demands of waking consciousness, partly submitting to the irresistible pull of "a veil of water-sodden grey mist." One cold winter night, Mimi discovers an unco...

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The Dream Mistress paperback · 1999 · Granta Books · 192 pages · 9781862073074
The Dream Mistress hardcover · 1999 · Ecco Press · 186 pages · 9780880016117
The dream mistress edition · 1997 · Phoenix · 186 pages
The dream mistress edition · 1996 · Weidenfeld and Nicolson · 186 pages

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