Product Description
The Shaking Woman or a History of My Nerves
Author: S. Hustvedt
Format: Paperback
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
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’.
‘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
‘Fascinating’ — Daily Telegraph
‘Elegant, clear and wide-ranging’ — Independent
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