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In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob…
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Nancy Kress
- First published
- March 1, 1994
- Pages
- 269
- Publisher
- AudioText, Eos, Axolotl Press/Pulphouse Pub.
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061931994
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