By some is considered one of the greatest books of all time, it is also very controversial. It has been banned or challenged in many schools throughout the United States, for its profanity and alcohol abuse but is still taught at many others as a classic.

A slightly surrealist story that describes a woman’s decline due to mental illness in a very poetic and beautiful way.

It is not really substance abuse if it is prescribed to you by a licensed doctor, is it? At least the unnamed protagonist does not think so. All she wants to do is sleep for a year to wake up happier.