Memoir
1994
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Published in Spanish as Inocencia interrumpida
Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" ( The New York Times Book Review ).
What it is
A place nobody can leave · a farewell that moves you
What happens in it
Closed setting
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Form
- Memoir
- Structure
- In fragments
- Who tells it
- First person
- Style
- Literary
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like a story shut inside one place
- you like dry, sideways humour
- you want a book that doesn't look away
Maybe not if…
- you prefer a story told in order
- you'd rather skip the hard scenes
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