Benjamin Reiss: 3 books

Why the modern world forgot how to sleep Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history--one that...

Lost in translation En août 2002, Benjamin Reiss s'expatrie à Tôkyô dans le seul espoir d'y vivre auprès de Kayoko, petite amie japonaise rencontrée en France un an plus tôt. De déconvenues en rencontres providentielles, l'aventure, initialement prévue pour durer un an, se poursuivra...

This ambitious literary history traces the American novel from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to its diverse incarnations in the multi-ethnic, multi-media culture of the present day. In a set of original essays by renowned scholars from all over the world, the volume extends important...