Tristimania

A Diary of Manic Depression

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Mental Health, Mood Disorders, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Jay Griffiths ISBN: 9781619028043
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: May 16, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Jay Griffiths
ISBN: 9781619028043
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: May 16, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

The author of A Country Called Childhood delivers “a glimpse of madness from inside the eye of the storm” (The Guardian**).**
 
*Tristimania *is a stark and lyrical account of the psyche in crisis. It tells the story of a devastating year-long episode of manic depression, culminating in a long solo pilgrimage across Spain. The book is rare in recording the experience of mania and shows how the condition is at once terrifying and also profoundly creative, both tricking and treating the psyche. In exploring its literary influence, Griffiths looks at Shakespeare’s work, and examines the Trickster role, tracing its mercuriality through the character of Mercury. An intimate, raw journey, the book illuminates something of the universal human spirit.
 
“Her book—which recounts a bruising year of being held captive by bipolar disorder . . . is an education in the history, mythology and poetics of madness, in all its wildness and glaring neon. Griffiths is a high-wire writer who performs the difficult trick of taking you into the depths of her madness while managing to remain a completely reliable guide . . . This is self-exposure of a higher order.” —The New Statesmen
 
“Art and madness have always shadowed each other. *Tristimania *traces the shadow to its source and watches as it grows long. This is one of the bravest books I’ve read in a long time.” —Paul Kingsnorth, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Wake
 
“A book of terrible beauty: a dazzling testament to the moral and literary power of brokenness.” —Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast

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The author of A Country Called Childhood delivers “a glimpse of madness from inside the eye of the storm” (The Guardian**).**
 
*Tristimania *is a stark and lyrical account of the psyche in crisis. It tells the story of a devastating year-long episode of manic depression, culminating in a long solo pilgrimage across Spain. The book is rare in recording the experience of mania and shows how the condition is at once terrifying and also profoundly creative, both tricking and treating the psyche. In exploring its literary influence, Griffiths looks at Shakespeare’s work, and examines the Trickster role, tracing its mercuriality through the character of Mercury. An intimate, raw journey, the book illuminates something of the universal human spirit.
 
“Her book—which recounts a bruising year of being held captive by bipolar disorder . . . is an education in the history, mythology and poetics of madness, in all its wildness and glaring neon. Griffiths is a high-wire writer who performs the difficult trick of taking you into the depths of her madness while managing to remain a completely reliable guide . . . This is self-exposure of a higher order.” —The New Statesmen
 
“Art and madness have always shadowed each other. *Tristimania *traces the shadow to its source and watches as it grows long. This is one of the bravest books I’ve read in a long time.” —Paul Kingsnorth, Man Booker Prize finalist and author of The Wake
 
“A book of terrible beauty: a dazzling testament to the moral and literary power of brokenness.” —Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast

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