Insomnia
Benjamin, Marina2019
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With her new memoir 'Insomnia', Marina Benjamin has produced an unsettling account of an unsettling condition that treats our inability to sleep not as a disorder, but as an existential experience that can electrify our understanding of ourselves, and of creativity and love. 'Insomnia' is a brave piece of writing. At once philosophical and poetical, the book ranges widely over history and culture, literature and art, exploring a threshold experience that is intimately involved with trespass and contamination: the illicit importing of day into night. With 'Insomnia', Benjamin aims to light up the workings of our inner minds, delivering a startling fresh look at what it means to be wakeful in the dark.
Main title:
Insomnia / Marina Benjamin.
Author:
Benjamin, Marina, author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Scribe, 2019.
Collation:
133 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Catapult, 2018.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781911344933 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.461306.461 BENJ
Language:
English
BRN:
1882536
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