- Gebundene Ausgabe: 222 Seiten
- Verlag: Thorndike Press; Auflage: Lrg (Juni 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0786225955
- ISBN-13: 978-0786225958
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,3 x 13,2 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.1 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (224 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.385.475 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted is the autobiographical story of the author's time in a psychiatric award in 1967. Sylvia Plath was a patient at the same hospital in the early 1950s so inevitably comparisons have been made between Plath's The Bell Jar and Kaysen's novel--both recounting a young woman's descent into insanity. This, however, is where the similarities end--The Bell Jar is a haunting and lyrical book; Girl, Interrupted is a more hard-edged, documentary-style narrative. It has none of the beauty and poetry of Plath's prose and is more akin to Elizabeth Wurtzel's Prozac Nation , an up-to-date memoir of a young girl's struggle with depression and drugs. Both these books offer a brutal and stark image of a life of mental illness.
Kaysen's account goes further and questions the standard notions of sanity and insanity. Her plausible voice allows the reader to accept a world where time is distorted, chaos reigns and questions are left unanswered, capturing perfectly the sense of helplessness and frustration felt by these women. The book's gritty realism is also heightened by copies of the author's original medical reports lodged between the chapters.
However, it is her penetrating insights into those around her, from those cared for to the caretakers, that make "Girl, Interrupted" so potent. Lacing her narrative with a hard-edged, sardonic sting, she introduces us to a cast of characters from the outrageous Lisa to the chicken-hoarding Daisy to the Martian's girlfriend:
Daisy was a seasonal event. She came before Thanksgiving and stayed through Christmas every year ... "Would anyone like to share?" the head nurse asked ... "Me! Me! Somebody who was a Martian's girlfriend and also had a little penis of her own, which she was eager to show off, raised a hand; nobody wanted to share with her."Girl, Interrupted" is a credible and creditable chronicle of the lives of women in the 1960s who, through the ignorance and narrow-mindedness of society, were contained and monitored for not fitting into the "norm", the mainstream. Nicola Perry -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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When reality got "too dense" for 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen, she was hospitalized. It was 1967, and reality was too dense for many people. But few who are labeled mad and locked up for refusing to stick to an agreed-upon reality possess Kaysen's lucidity in sorting out a maelstrom of contrary perceptions. Her observations about hospital life are deftly rendered; often darkly funny. Her clarity about the complex province of brain and mind, of neuro-chemical activity and something more, make this book of brief essays an exquisite challenge to conventional thinking about what is normal and what is deviant.
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Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen... es erinnert an Einer Flog Über Das Kuckucksnest, ist allerdings weitaus weniger dramatisch. Es liest sich ausgesprochen leicht und schnell (noch nicht einmal zwei Stunden in meinem Fall). Man vergisst andauernd, dass das Buch eine Autobiographie ist, so absurd erscheint die Handlung an Stellen, aber durch das ganze Buch hindurch sind Kopien von Berichten der Schwestern und Einlieferungs- und Entlassungsscheinen abgebildet, die einen an diese Tatsache erinnern.
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When I picked up this book, I asked myself, "Do I really want to hear about a suicidal person?"
Well, I jumped in, and the answer is yes! This is a highly affecting and unique book, about people in a mental ward. It's structured a bit like a novel, rather than a slice of a real life, but the great writing style and unembellished characters make it all the better. The girl with an obsession about laxatives and chicken is my sister's favorite.
I'm not entirely certain what "Borderline Personality" means, but I don't really need to.
This is funny, disturbingly precious, full of the kind of warped insanity that many, many people feel during their lives. Before any judgements are made about people with personality disorders, they should read this book to see inside their minds.
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The sixties was a confusing enough time for anyone, but throw in the turmoils of being a young woman and you have what psychology of the times called borderline personality. Susanna Kaysen was diagnosed with this disorder, one which doctors slapped on anyone they didn't have a category for, and she was sent to live in a mental institution for two years. She wasn't really crazy at all, and that's the irony of this true story: that if you are labelled as troubled, or insane, or whatever, people will look at you that way, especially if you are in the right environment for that kind of behavior, even if you are perfectly normal. It's enough to make a sane person go nuts. This book amazed me, brought me to tears, made me laugh, made me want to punch through a wall. Since the people described by Kaysen are all real, there is a kind of awe you feel at knowing what they went through, and you feel as if you know them. This book is easy reading and I would recommend it to anyone, especially someone who feels like they sometimes live on the fringe of reality. Because we all are, at least some of the time.
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Klasse
Dieses autobiographische Buch schildert packend und spannend die Erlebnisse der jungen Susanna Kaysen in der Psychiatrie. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Juni 2005 von Julia Schwarz
Fantastic
If you are a female, you have to read this book. It is as simple as that. It is absolutely fanstastic. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. August 2000 von Megan Simmons
Very Boring
I found this book to be a very boring read. I had watched the dramatized "Girl Interrupted" in the movies so I borrowed this book from the library. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. August 2000 veröffentlicht
Susanna Kaysen
After seeing the movie, I decided that such a story could never be justified without the proper first-person account. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Juli 2000 von David Lorch
Madness Takes Its Toll-Please Use Exact Change
As with most movies, there is a good book lurking somewhere in its past. And "Girl, Interrupted", is no exception. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 2000 von "goldcoastreviews"
So much better than the movie!
I saw the film "Girl Interrupted" before reading the book. What a difference! The movie was interesting and somewhat absorbing, but it had that fake Hollywood drama... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. Juli 2000 von Sara
Girl, Fascinating
Once I began to read this book I couldn't put it down, the vivid way that she explained the emotions that she felt being forced into the institution, really touched me and stirred... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Juli 2000 von Ally J. Link
great book
the book is not that organized but it shows reallly well how she felt and she described things very well. it was really differnt from the movie. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Wonderfully written, almost frightening
I wanted to write a review for this book a while ago, but could never put my thoughts to words. It's such a bizarre idea; a girl is proven insane in 20 minutes, then spends the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Juli 2000 von Kevin Hasser
Deeply Powerful and Honest
Author Susanna Kaysen lets the world into her mind in "Girl, Interrupted." For someone who was suppose to be "nuts" and in a mental hospital this tale of her... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Juli 2000 von Caroline P. Hampton
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