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 ).

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What it is

A place nobody can leave · a farewell that moves you

What happens in it

Closed setting

Reading sheet

How it's told

Form
Memoir
Structure
In fragments
Who tells it
First person
Style
Literary

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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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