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The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves
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The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves

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While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion
or something else entirely?

In this profoundly thought-provoking and revealing book, Hustvedt takes the reader on her journey through psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience and medical history in search of a diagnosis. Conveying the often frightening mysteries of illness, she illuminates the perenially mysterious connection between mind and body and what we mean by I .

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 January 2011
Pages
224
ISBN
9780340998779

While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion
or something else entirely?

In this profoundly thought-provoking and revealing book, Hustvedt takes the reader on her journey through psychiatry, philosophy, neuroscience and medical history in search of a diagnosis. Conveying the often frightening mysteries of illness, she illuminates the perenially mysterious connection between mind and body and what we mean by I .

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 January 2011
Pages
224
ISBN
9780340998779