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Insane / Rainald Goetz ; translated by Adrian Nathan West.
Van Pelt Library PT2667.O455 I713 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goetz, Rainald, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Irre. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatric clinics--Fiction.
- Psychiatric clinics.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 349 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, United Kingdom : Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017.
- Summary:
- Translated for the first time into English, cult German author Rainald Goetz's debut novel "Insane" draws upon his clinical psychiatric experience to paint a portrait of the asylum as a total institution. We follow a young psychiatrist, Dr. Raspe, who enters the profession dreaming of revolutionising its methods. Confronted by day-to-day practices and the reality of life in the psychiatric hospital, Raspe begins to fray at the edges. The very concept of madness is called into question in a brutal portrayal of patients and psychiatrists and the various treatments administered, from psychotherapy to electroshock therapy. What is madness? And who is truly mad? Diving headlong into a terrifying and oppressive world, "Insane" is a veritable journey into the madhouse by one of Germany's most prominent and contentious authors.--back cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781910695319
- 1910695319
- OCLC:
- 1021055429
- Publisher Number:
- 99981520656
- 40028107137
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