He Sleeps
2001
First Published
3.52
Average Rating
224
Number of Pages
Bertrand, a young African-American anthropologist, has ostensibly come to Senegal to do field research. In truth, he left his home in Denver to gain a fresh perspective on his troubled marriage. Struggling to fit in with his new Senegalese family—Alaine, his wife Kene, and their young daughter—Bertrand finds himself, for the first time in his life, haunted by surreal and increasingly violent dreams. His waking hours are no less sinister; unwittingly, it seems, Bertrand has become caught in the tension—sexual and otherwise—building between the married couple.
Avg Rating
3.52
Number of Ratings
61
5 STARS
23%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
7%
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