October Child (eBook)

Linda Boström Knausgård (Autor)

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2020
192 Seiten
World Editions (Verlag)
978-1-64286-092-4 (ISBN)

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From 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostrom Knausgard was periodically confined to a psychiatric ward and subjected to electroconvulsive therapy, resulting in the loss of memories. This is the story of her struggle against mental illness and isolation. "e;(Bostrom Knausgard's) first openly autobiographical book becomes an act of self-examination powerful enough to match if not surpass those of her ex-husband's."e;-The Guardian From 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostrom Knausgard was periodically interned in a psychiatric ward where she was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy. As the treatments at this "e;factory"e; progressed, the writer's memories began to disappear. What good is a writer without her memory? This book, based on the author's experiences, is an eloquent and profound attempt to hold on to the past, to create a story, to make sense, and to keep alive ties to family, friends, and even oneself. Moments from childhood, youth, marriage, parenting, and divorce flicker across the pages of October Child. This is the story of one woman's struggle against mental illness and isolation. It is a raw testimony of how writing can preserve and heal.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2020
• Übersetzer: Saskia Vogel
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: A beautiful mind • Adam Haslett • A Million Little Pieces • Back, After the Break • best books on mental illness • best books set in mental hospitals • best books set in mental institutions • best book sweden • best swedish author • Bipolar • Bipolar Disorder • bostrom knausgaard • Depression • ECT • electro convulsive therapy • electro shock • electro shock therapy • electro therapy • Everything Here Is Beautiful • famous books sweden • famous swedish author • famous swedish book • fiction mental illness • Girl Interrupted • Go Ask Alice • Hannah Green • helios disaster • i know this much is true • Imagine Me Gone • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden • international literature • It’s Kind of a Funny Story • james frey • karl ove • Karl Ove Knausgaard • karl ove knausgaard ex • karl ove knausgaard fiance • karl ove knausgaard wife • Ken Kesey • Knausgaard • knausgaard divorce • knausgaard fiance • knausgaard marriage • knausgaard wife • linda bostrom • linda knausgaard • memoir mental hospital • memoir mental patient • Memory loss • Mental hospital • Mental Illness • mental institution • mental patient • Mira T. Lee • My Struggle • Ned Vizzini • nervous breakdown • novel set in mental hospital • novels set in mental institution • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest • Osher Günsberg • severe depression • so much longing in so little space • Susanna Kaysen • Sweden • swedish • Swedish literature • Sylvia Nasar • Sylvia Plath • the bell jar • translated literature • Wally Lamb • wife karl ove knausgaard
• ISBN-10: 1-64286-092-1 / 1642860921
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64286-092-4 / 9781642860924