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Going Sane
Going Sane
Nov 1, 2024 4:19 AM

Author:Adam Phillips

Going Sane

Volumes have been dedicated to madness, but sanity is rarely mentioned. We can define the mad, but how do we classify the sane? In Going Sane, psychoanalyst and writer Adam Phillips delves deep into history, philosophy, literature and his own experiences to address questions that we rarely ask about ourselves, taking us on an engrossing journey in which we learn many things - including some of what it takes to be happy in the modern world.

Reviews

The best living essayist writing in English

—— John Gray

Reading Phillips, you may be amused, vexed, dazzled. But the one thing you will never be is bored

—— Observer

He's brilliant

—— John Carey

Characteristically brilliant

—— Hanif Kureishi, Observer Books of the Year

Elegant and lucid... This erudite and absorbing book oozes intelligence and charm

—— Independent

Brave, idiosyncratic and refreshing... Innovative and eclectic... Profound... It is heartening to read anyone, let alone a psychoanalyst, who writes so well

—— The Times

Exceptional... Irresistable, both as a guide to living and an exploration of the links between behaviour and mortality

—— Times Educational Supplement

A superb how-to book.

—— Kirkus Reviews

a great book...if you need to be reminded that there is value to be discovered in experiences when they seem nothing but pointless and painful, and choices to be made when you think you have none, I'd recommend it

—— Lauren Laverne

One wishes this book could get into the hands of all the suffering children who need it

—— Washington Post

This story of unfathomable child abuse is told with remarkable wit, compassion, and courage

—— Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors

Highly articulate … Her memories are real, not recovered

—— The Times
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