Bøger af Norah Vincent

Self-Made Man is a captivating book written by the talented Norah Vincent. Published by Atlantic Books in 2006, this book offers a unique perspective that keeps readers engaged from start to finish. This book falls under the genre of non-fiction and gives an insightful look into the author's experience of living disguised as a man for 18 months. Vincent's daring social experiment explores gender identity, societal expectations, and the nuances of masculine privilege. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of gender roles in our society. Atlantic Books is proud to have this enlightening and thought-provoking piece in its collection.

Offers a view of mental health care - from the inside out.

"Daring . . . Vincent's psychological approach is intriguing." -- USA Today"Vincent is a sensitive recorder of a mind's movements as it shifts in and out of inspiration, and as it fights before submitting to despair." -- New York Times Book ReviewWith poetic precision and psychological acuity, Norah Vincent's Adeline reimagines the events that brought Woolf to the banks of the River Ouse, offering us a denouement worthy of its protaganist. Channeling Virginia and Leonard Woolf, T. S. and Vivienne Eliot, Lytton Strachey, and Dora Carrington, Vincent lays bare their genius and their blind spots, their achievements and their failings, from the inside out. And haunting every page is Adeline, the name given to Virginia Stephen at birth, which becomes the source of Virginia's greatest consolation, and her greatest torment.Intellectually and emotionally disarming, Adeline--a vibrant portrait of Woolf and her social circle, the storied Bloomsbury group, and a window into the darkness that both inspired and doomed them all--is a masterpiece in its own right by one of our most brilliant and daring writers."Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful." -- Publishers Weekly"[An] electrifyingly good novel . . . by a master of discomfort." -- New Statesman