He Sleeps

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.

Author: Reginald McKnight
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 09/07/2002
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.09h x 5.56w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780312421045

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/29/2002 pg. 32

About the Author

Reginald McKnight teaches at the University of Michigan. He has received an NEA Grant, an O. Henry Award, a Whiting Award, and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. His previous work includes Moustapha's Eclipse, I Get on the Bus, The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas, and White Boys.

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