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Siri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include: The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), and The Blazing World (2014). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.

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Forfatterens personlige beretning om sit forsøg på at få stillet en diagnose på sine ukontrollable rystelser, der starter under en mindetale, hun holder for sin afdøde far. Sygehistorien iblandes en neurovidenskabelig, litterær og filosofisk analyse af forholdet mellem krop og sind og af hvordan sygdom kan gå ind i vores identitetsopfattelse.
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Publish date04 Apr 2014
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ISBN epub9788711332092
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