Madeleine Is Sleeping

This debut novel enters the realm of the magical, taking place in the mind of the sleeping Madeleine, who is a spinoff from Ludwig Bemelmans's celebrated children's books about the little girl living in a convent. As her family tries to figure out why Madeleine sleeps so long, Madeleine's dreams take flight: she travels with a family of gypsies, she falls in love with a man who makes flatulent music, she meets a winged woman. With elements of fairy tales, dream books, allegory, and magical realism, MADELEINE IS SLEEPING is a truly original work of fiction that glories in blurring the lines between fact and fiction, dream and reality.