Insomnia
Author: Benjamin, Marina
ISBN: 9781925322767
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 204mm x 135mm x 18mm
Format: Hardback
Description
An intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially.
An intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially.
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 bravura 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 startlingly fresh look at what it means to be wakeful in the dark.
ISBN: 9781925322767
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 204mm x 135mm x 18mm
Format: Hardback
Description
An intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially.
An intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially.
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 bravura 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 startlingly fresh look at what it means to be wakeful in the dark.
