Cover of Madeleine Is Sleeping

Madeleine Is Sleeping

  • 2004 first published
  • 266 pages
  • 4 editions

Madeleine Is Sleeping is a 2004 mythic fiction and circus fiction novel by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. Much of the action takes place in France. It deals with villages, Sleep, circus performers and romanies.

6 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 266 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Villages
  • Triangles, Interpersonal relations
  • Sleep
  • Circus performers
  • Romanies
  • Young women
  • Dreams
  • France
  • Fantasy
  • Psychological
  • Coming of age
  • Legends & mythology folk tales fairy tales
  • Psychological fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Madeleine Is Sleeping?

Madeleine Is Sleeping was written by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum and first published in 2004.

What genre is Madeleine Is Sleeping?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Madeleine Is Sleeping?

The median edition has 266 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Madeleine Is Sleeping?

Readers who like it often enjoy Madeline and the Gypsies, The circus of Dr. Lao and The Red Pyramid.

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