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Susanna Kaysen

    November 11, 1948

    Susanna Kaysen is an American author whose works often delve into the intricacies of the human psyche and experiences with mental illness. Her writing explores themes of identity, memory, and the search for self amidst challenging circumstances. With a distinctive voice and a candid approach to personal narrative, Kaysen engages readers seeking profound and introspective literary journeys. She masterfully blends personal reflection with universal human experiences, crafting narratives that are both compelling and thought-provoking.

    Susanna Kaysen
    Der Mann ohne Seele
    Lippenbekenntnis
    Girl, Interrupted
    Girl, interrupted
    Cambridge
    • Cambridge

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.0(18)Add rating

      Set in the 1950s, the narrative follows Susanna, a young girl who feels a deep connection to Cambridge while often being uprooted to cities like London, Florence, and Athens due to her father's career. Her experiences highlight feelings of alienation and the longing for home, exploring the theme of outsiderness. The story offers a keen observation of the intellectual elite's pretensions and charms, capturing the essence of a bygone era and the complexities of belonging and returning to one's roots.

      Cambridge
    • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clientele--Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles--as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery

      Girl, interrupted
    • Girl, Interrupted

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      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Exploring the complexities of identity and the human experience, the narrative delves into the nuances of truth and deception. It invites readers to reflect on their own desires for permanence and the allure of childhood innocence. The theme of mental health is intricately woven throughout, challenging societal perceptions of sanity and self-acceptance. This thought-provoking journey encourages readers to confront their inner selves and the darker aspects of their nature.

      Girl, Interrupted
    • Ein ganzes Buch über eine VAGINA? Ja. Ein ganzes Buch über das wohl am meisten begehrte und am wenigsten beschriebene Körperteil. Ein ganzes Buch über eine Vagina, die sich eines Tages schmerzend zu Wort meldet. Susanna Kaysen ist in den späten Vierzigern, als sie plötzlich stechende Schmerzen an intimster Stelle verspürt. Dieses Körperteil hat sich bisher - außer im Falle sexueller Erregung - relativ ruhig verhalten. Nun scheint es sich von seiner bisherigen, durchaus Freude bereitenden Bestimmung zu verabschieden, um Probleme zu machen. Die Ärzte wollen natürlich helfen, ebenso wie der Vulvologe und die Alternativologin: Vom Antibiotikum bis zum Teebad, von der Pilzsalbe bis zum Antidepressivum macht Susanna Kaysens Körper brav alle Behandlungen mit. Doch der unerträgliche Schmerz bleibt - und Susannas Freund geht. Ein außerordentlich persönlicher Bericht, der nicht nur den richtigen Ton trifft, sondern auch Gelegenheit gibt über ein Thema zu schmunzeln, das bisher eher selten Anlass zum Lachen bot.

      Lippenbekenntnis
    • Angela Praesent (1945–2009) war Verlagslektorin, Übersetzerin und Schriftstellerin.

      Der Mann ohne Seele