{"product_id":"the-shapeless-unease-samantha-harvey","title":"The Shapeless Unease (Samantha Harvey)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Featured on BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eA Good Read\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A profound meditation on language and loss and time, and on how we construct ourselves through stories. And it's painful. And it's beautiful. And I love it.' NATHAN FLIER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Samantha Harvey's insomnia arrived, seemingly, from nowhere; for a year she has spent her nights chasing sleep that rarely comes. She's tried everything to appease it. Nothing is helping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What happens when one of the basic human needs goes unmet? For Samantha Harvey, extreme sleep deprivation resulted in a raw clarity about life itself. Original and profound, \u003ci\u003eThe Shapeless Unease\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and grief, and the will to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A delight to read... ineffably rewarding' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eEasily one of the truest and best books I've read about what it's like to be alive now, in this country' MAX PORTER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'How can a book about a sensual deprivation be so sensuous and so full?\u003c\/b\u003e ...\u003cb\u003e it seemed to give my sleep resonance and poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat a beautiful book.' TESSA HADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll is Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Western Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and a work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Shapeless Unease\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Year of Not Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOrbital \u003c\/i\u003ewas the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, and her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65805375209821,"sku":"K089704146","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8970414600001A.jpg?v=1788467356","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-shapeless-unease-samantha-harvey","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}