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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY NOGA ARIKHA
''Provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth . . . an extraordinary double story''
Oliver Sacks
''It is Hustvedt''s gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear''
Hilary Mantel, Guardian
While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion - or something else entirely?
In this profoundly thought-provoking and revealing book, Hustvedt takes the reader on her journey through psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience and medical history in search of a diagnosis. Conveying the often frightening mysteries of illness, she illuminates the perennially mysterious connection between mind and body and what we mean by ''I''.
''Fascinating''
Daily Telegraph
''Elegant, clear and wide-ranging''
Independent