- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (4 Aug 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857998634
- ISBN-13: 978-1857998634
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,326,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Left by her lover, Mimi withdraws to bed, peopling her past in search of truer stories than her own life seemed able to tell. Was the unconcious bag-lady she helped,in fact her own mother, or was it Bella the victim of a bomb blast, or even the reclusive nun, with terrible and mirraculous powers?
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"A spare, superb novel...Diski is...one of the best writers of our time.[The Dream Mistress is] a fiction that stretches the mind with the force of the fierce intelligence which lies behind it."
- New Statesman & Society
"The Dream Mistress is energised by erotic obsession...An unexpected unfolding into profound and magical lyricism...made me long for more."
-Independent
"Even at her most dark and troubling, Diski maintains aplayful touch...The Dream Mistress often dazzles with its cool strangeness."
-Observer
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent!
18 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
An excellent story. Simply that. The dream mistress is about sleeping beauty, only in a different touch. Jenny Diksi has created a wonderful new look at what we normaly think, and does so with such skill. One of my very favorite authors, and one of my favorite books. Definately a talent worth knowing/reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Engaging, but the ending will infuriate you.
21 July 1999
Format:Hardcover
Floating sometimes inscrutably between the life of a young clothing designer damaged by her turbulent childhood and the life of an old homeless woman clinging to anonymity, this book develops the reader's curiosity but never delivers. Each of the storylines revolves around a romantic love relationship, and the reader finds herself entwined in the parallel plots despite their occasional obtuseness. Though the ride is entertaining, the climax never materializes and the ending leaves the reader disappointed and bitter.
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