Beyond Sleep (Dutch: Nooit meer slapen) is a 1966 novel by Willem Frederik Hermans about Alfred Issendorf, a young Dutch geologist on a chaotic expedition to Norway to prove a theory about meteor craters. Plagued by insomnia under the midnight sun, mosquitoes, and insecurity, he experiences mental disintegration, paranoia, and existential failure, making it a classic of Dutch post-war literature.
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