The Shaking Woman
or A History of My Nerves
(Sprache: Englisch)
Während einer Rede zu Ehren ihres kürzlich verstorbenen Vatera, wurde Siri Hustvedt von einem Anfall erschüttert: zitternde Beine, um sich schlagende Arme , doch trotzdem war sie in der Lage, mit klarer Stimme ihre Rede zu beenden. Auf der Suche nach den...
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Während einer Rede zu Ehren ihres kürzlich verstorbenen Vatera, wurde Siri Hustvedt von einem Anfall erschüttert: zitternde Beine, um sich schlagende Arme , doch trotzdem war sie in der Lage, mit klarer Stimme ihre Rede zu beenden. Auf der Suche nach den Gründen für die wiederkehrenden Attacken, stieß sie auf eine interdisziplinäre Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern, die die Idee der Neuropsychoanalyse entwickelten. Hustvedt erhellt in diesem autobiographischen Buch die Fragen nach der Beziehung zwischen Körper und Geist.
Klappentext zu „The Shaking Woman “
While speaking about her father, Siri Hustvedt found herself a victim of the shudders. Was it a hysterical seizure or a bizarre form of panic attack? Her exploration unearths theories and stories from the annals of medical history, contemporary brain research, as well as literature and philosophy. This is a book about the mysteries of illness and the complexities of diagnosis. In THE SHAKING WOMAN Hustvedt synthesizes her personal experience into a seamless narrative that investigates the age-old dilemmas of the mental and the physical, the mind and the body and what it means to be human.
Autoren-Porträt von Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Siri Hustvedt
- 2011, 224 Seiten, Maße: 13 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN-10: 0340998776
- ISBN-13: 9780340998779
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Shaking Woman “
Provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth...Hustvedt's erudite book deepens one's wonder about the relation of body and mind. -- Oliver Sacks Readers of Oliver Sacks will rate this book highly; as with Sacks, scientific knowledge and a powerful capacity for empathy are closely linked...It is Hustvedt's gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear. -- Hilary Mantel, Guardian She thinks her way through complex subject matter with the effortless clarity of a poised and sceptical outsider...a short book with an encyclopaedic breadth -- Lisa Appignanesi, Independent She has an enviable ability to digest and reframe her discoveries into clear, accessible prose -- Melanie McGrath, Sunday Telegraph Fascinating...what gives the book its originality is that she wavers on the edge of the various disciplines, preferring her own imaginative, deeply personal reflections to the potential certainty that might be offered by doctors...Although a desire for clear-cut answers is understandable, Hustvedt suggests that this is often far from possible. And she leaves the reader thinking about his or her own bouts of illness in a thoroughly fresh way. -- Lorna Bradbury, Daily Telegraph
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Provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth...Hustvedt's erudite book deepens one's wonder about the relation of body and mind. Oliver Sacks
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