{"product_id":"october-child-paperback","title":"October Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Boström Knausgård\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSaskia Vogel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostr m Knausg rd was periodically confined to a psychiatric ward and subjected to electroconvulsive therapy, resulting in the loss of memories. This is the story of her struggle against mental illness and isolation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"(Bostr m Knausg rd's) first openly autobiographical book becomes an act of self-examination powerful enough to match if not surpass those of her ex-husband's.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom 2013 to 2017, Linda Bostr m Knausg rd was periodically interned in a psychiatric ward where she was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy. As the treatments at this \"factory\" progressed, the writer's memories began to disappear. What good is a writer without her memory? This book, based on the author's experiences, is an eloquent and profound attempt to hold on to the past, to create a story, to make sense, and to keep alive ties to family, friends, and even oneself. Moments from childhood, youth, marriage, parenting, and divorce flicker across the pages of \u003ci\u003eOctober Child\u003c\/i\u003e. This is the story of one woman's struggle against mental illness and isolation. It is a raw testimony of how writing can preserve and heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fight against the dark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 2013 to 2017, Linda Boström Knausgård was periodically interned in a psychiatric ward where she was subjected to electroconvulsive therapy. As the treatments at this \"factory\" progressed, the writer's memories began to disappear. What good is a writer without her memory? This book, based on the author's experiences, is an eloquent and profound attempt to hold on to the past, to create a story, to make sense, and to keep alive ties to family, friends, and even oneself. Moments from childhood, youth, marriage, parenting, and divorce flicker across the pages of October Child. This is the story of one woman's struggle against mental illness and isolation. It is a raw testimony of how writing can preserve and heal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Linda Boström Knausgård writes with her usual linguistic momentum, there's a kind of inviting energy in her voice. She balances her desperation with poetic precision and makes the urgency real for the reader.\"\u003cbr\u003eSvenska Dagbladet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"October Child is a bold book, not in its openness but in its aloofness, in its faithfulness to literature and language rather than to reason and science. Against the great story of psychiatry with its simple, ready-made answers, Boström Knausgård insists on the irrationality in humans and on the suffering of each individual.\"\u003cbr\u003eGothenburg Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLINDA BOSTRÖM KNAUSGÅRD is a Swedish author and poet, as well as a producer of documentaries for national radio. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Helios Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the United States. \u003ci\u003eWelcome to America\u003c\/i\u003e, her second novel, was nominated for the prestigious Swedish August Prize and the Svenska Dagbladet Literary Prize in her home country, and was also longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award and the National Translation Award in the United States. \u003ci\u003eOctober Child\u003c\/i\u003e became a bestseller in Sweden and throughout Scandinavia, where it was published to great critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768701845792,"sku":"9781642860894","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8353f38d3b7f5322dc205f78424950c7.webp?v=1780335534","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/october-child-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}