Sleepless : a memoir of insomia / Marie Darrieussecq ; translated by Penny Hueston.

Author/creator Darrieussecq, Marie author.
Other author Hueston, Penny, translator.
Format Book
PublicationSouth Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e), [2023]
Copyright Date©2021
Description284 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
Subjects

Uniform titlePas dormir. English
Abstract Plagued by insomnia for twenty years, Marie Darrieussecq turns her attention to the causes, implications, and consequences of sleeplessness: a nocturnal suffering that culminates at four a.m. and then defines the next day. Prevented from falling asleep by her dread of exhaustion the next day, Darrieussecq turns to hypnosis, psychoanalysis, alcohol, pills, and meditation. Her entrapment within this spiraling anguish prompts her inspired, ingenious search across literature, geopolitical history, psychoanalysis, and her own experience to better understand where insomnia comes from and what it might mean.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LanguageTranslated from French.
Genre/formautobiographies (literary works)
Genre/formAutobiographies.
Genre/formAutobiographies.
ISBN1635901774 paperback
ISBN9781635901771 paperback

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Joyner General Stacks PQ2664 .A7214 Z46 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold