Insomnia (eBook)

Marina Benjamin (Autor)

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2018
144 Seiten
Catapult (Verlag)
9781948226066 (ISBN)

Infos

Marina Benjamin's Insomnia is part memoir and part philosophical inquiry into a condition that is on the rise and that can grant us insights into the workings of our unconscious minds. An intense and lyrical personal narrative, it treats insomnia as an experience, not a disorder, drawing on its influences on the arts and sciences throughout history, as well as on Benjamin's own life.

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"e;An insomniac's ideal sleep aid-and that's a compliment. With her collage of ruminations about sleeplessness, [Benjamin] promises no real cure . . . Her slim book is what the doctor ordered."e;-The Atlantic Insomnia is on the rise. Villainous and unforgiving, it's the enemy o f energy and focus, the thief of our repose. But can insomnia be an ally, too, a validator of the present moment, of edginess and creativity? Marina Benjamin takes on her personal experience of the condition-her struggles with it, her insomniac highs, and her dawning awareness that states of sleeplessness grant us valuable insights into the workings of our unconscious minds. Although insomnia is rarely entirely welcome, Benjamin treats it less as an affliction than as an encounter that she engages with and plumbs. She adds new dimensions to both our understanding of sleep (and going without it) and of night, and how we perceive darkness. Along the way, Insomnia trips through illuminating material from literature, art, philosophy, psychology, pop culture, and more. Benjamin pays particular attention to the relationship between women and sleep-Penelope up all night, unraveling her day's weaving for Odysseus; the Pre-Raphaelite artists' depictions of deeply sleeping women; and the worries that keep contemporary females awake. Insomnia is an intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially. "e;This is the song of insomnia, and I shall sing it,"e; Marina Benjamin declares.

Autor

Marina Benjamin is the author of three previous memoirs: Rocket Dreams, short-listed for the Eugene Emme Award; Last Days in Babylon, long-listed for the Wingate Prize; and The Middlepause, finalist for the Arts Foundation’s Creative Nonfiction Award. She is a senior editor at the digital magazine Aeon.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: books on insomnia • can’t sleep • cant sleep • experience with insomnia • Insomnia • insomnia and creativity • insomniac • insomnia cures • insomnia remedies • insomnia writing • marina benjamin • memoir of insomnia • mindful sleeping • sleeping issues • sleeping remedies • Sleeplessness • the middlepause • trouble sleeping • what to do if you can’t sleep • why can’t i go to sleep • why can't I sleep • women and sleep • women’s health • writers on insomnia
• ISBN-13: 9781948226066 / 9781948226066