This would be a terrible thing to say about most books but in this case it might actually be a compliment. From history and fiction to philosophy and poetry marina benjamin reveals the works that helped her understand an unsettlingly common problem.
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I kept falling asleep reading marina benjamin s insomnia.
Insomnia marina benjamin. Insomnia reads like insomnia feels fluid prose streaming through marina benjamin s experience of sleeplessness weaving in insights from literature art philosophy and psychology. Marina benjamin is the sheherazade of sleeplessness spinning tale upon tale insight upon insight in frayed and astonishing and finally ecstatic loops francis spufford author of golden pond insomnia reads with the surreal and suspended cadence of those lonely hours in the night that only the sleep less experience. I wasn t so much bored as somehow soothed by her velvety ruminations on night wakefulness which run on unbroken by chapters with lots of airy white space between paragraphs.
Weaving ideas from philosophy art psychology science greek myth and fairy tale into short bursts of text benjamin creates a sublimely rich landscape caught as it is between light and dark day and night for us to contemplate. Marina benjamin s book is meditation on the inability to sleep a collection of lyrical paragraphs that explore the unexpected pleasures and isolating frustration of insomnia. Marina benjamin s insomnia is a deceptively simple yet deftly crafted book about the pursuit of sleep sleep as both restoration and escape.
Though my bouts with insomnia tend to only last a couple of days thanks full moon i can identify with so much of she writes. Insomnia by marina benjamin review sleeplessness as resistance ranging from penelope to virginia woolf this study makes a case for restlessness and insomnia as acts of female rebellion. This is the song of insomnia and i shall sing it marina benjamin declares.
When sleeping becomes an impossible dream insomnia has a dreamlike quality structured as a series of fragmented and sometimes unrelated thoughts and memories. It s an ethereal but profound exploration of our relationship with sleep and darkness and especially of women s relationship to sleep why we re drawn to cultural depictions of women in deep sleep. Insomnia by marina benjamin review.
Insomnia is an intense lyrical witty and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially. Top 10 books about insomnia.
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