Book
The shapeless unease : a year of not sleeping / Samantha Harvey.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802148827 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 175 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Grove Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage, 2020. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Harvey, Samantha, 1975- Women authors, American > 21st century > Biography. Insomniacs > United States > Biography. Insomnia. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | 823.92 Harve | 31681010196319 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The author of The Wilderness describes her year-long bout with insomnia, which was not helped with medication, therapy nor changes in diet or sleeping arrangements in an immersive exploration of memory, writing, influence, the will to survive and death. - Baker & Taylor
"In 2016, Samantha Harvey began to lose sleep. She tried everything to appease her wakefulness: from medication to therapy, changes in her diet to changes in her living arrangements. Nothing seemed to help. The Shapeless Unease is Harvey's darkly funny and deeply intelligent anatomy of her insomnia, an immersive interior monologue of a year without one of the most basic human needs. Original and profound, and narrated with a lucid breathlessness, this is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and the will to survive, from "this generation's Virginia Woolf" (Telegraph)"-- - Perseus Publishing
This genre-defying debut memoir by Betty Trask Prize winner, Samantha Harvey, weaves a tapestry of confessional anguish, flash fiction, cathartic poetry, and feverish observations on politics and psychology in a transcendent search for reality and truth.
In 2016, Samantha Harvey began to lose sleep. She tried everything to appease her wakefulness: from medication to therapy, changes in her diet to changes in her living arrangements. Nothing seemed to help.
The Shapeless Unease is Harveyâs darkly funny and deeply intelligent anatomy of her insomnia, an immersive interior monologue of a year without one of the most basic human needs. Original and profound, and narrated with a lucid breathlessness, this is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and the will to survive, from âthis generationâs Virginia Woolfâ (Telegraph).
- Perseus Publishing
A genre-defying debut memoir of insomnia by Betty Trask Prize-winner and one of our most singular stylists, Samantha Harvey.
