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Susanna Kaysen

Autor/a de Girl, Interrupted

7+ obres 8,474 Membres 145 Ressenyes 7 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Susanna Kaysen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 11, 1948. Her memoir Girl, Interrupted is the harrowing account of her two year confinement in the McLean Psychiatric Hospital and was been adapted into a motion picture starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. She has also written mostra'n més several novels including Asa, As I Knew Him, Far Afield, and Camera My Mother Gave Me. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Obres de Susanna Kaysen

Girl, Interrupted (1993) 7,573 exemplars
The Camera My Mother Gave Me (2001) 276 exemplars
Girl, Interrupted [2000 film] (2000) — Original book — 204 exemplars
Cambridge (1656) 149 exemplars
Asa, as I Knew Him (1987) 136 exemplars
Far Afield (1990) 135 exemplars
Inocencia interrumpida (2022) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression (2001) — Col·laborador — 490 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Kaysen, Susanna
Data de naixement
1948-11-11
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Professions
Author
Relacions
Kaysen, Carl (father)
Wylie, Jonathan (husband | divorced)

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I've seen the movie tons of times and thought it was very good. I enjoyed the book a lot, as well. Though I must admit, while I can and have watched the movie many times, I just don't think I'll be able to read the book more than once.
 
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thatnerd | Hi ha 118 ressenyes més | Mar 2, 2024 |
Author Susanna Kaysen was having a bad day when a psychiatrist she'd never seen before referred her for hospitalization at McLean, the top-tier mental institution of the 1960s. In her memoir Girl, Interrupted, she remembers the almost two years she spent at McLean, along with the colorful characters she met there. This slight book delves into questions of sanity vs. insanity, free expression vs. control, and Thorazine vs. everything else. Was Kaysen mentally ill, or just a sensitive, nonconformist teenager growing up during a tumultuous time? The book leaves the question open. Recommended.… (més)
 
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akblanchard | Hi ha 118 ressenyes més | Oct 18, 2023 |
I couldn't put it down, read it straight through in one night. Absolutely fantastic.
 
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blueskygreentrees | Hi ha 118 ressenyes més | Jul 30, 2023 |
Very interesting.
 
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kevindern | Hi ha 118 ressenyes més | Apr 27, 2023 |

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Obres
7
També de
2
Membres
8,474
Popularitat
#2,841
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
145
ISBN
65
Llengües
8
Preferit
7

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