The art of the siesta / Thierry Paquot ; translated from the French by Ken Hollings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paquot, Thierry.

Standardized Title:

Art de la sieste. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Naps (Sleep).

Naps (Sleep) in art.

Sleep in literature.

Physical Description:

90 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Marion Boyars, 2003.

Summary:

From art to real life, the siesta takes its place. This book is a series of vignettes on the importance of the siesta in paintings, literature, and sculpture. In Preliminary, we hear of the rhythm of sleep, including the fear babies have of going to sleep. In The Midday Demon, death in life and crotic dreams take from. The last vignette, The Siesta Fights Back, shows how the economic necessities of Western society are con-quering the siesta. This is a translation from the French of a book that rein-states the value of sleep in waking hours. From mosques, where guards sleep under the protection of Allah, to "slow-food" restarants in Berlin in 2001, it explores the part sleep plays in human life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0714530921

OCLC:

53306030