Author of the Month: Siri Hustvedt
Selected by the Bookshop
Our Author of the Month for May this year is the American novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt.
Her wide range of interests, from feminism to psychiatry, from the history of art to neurobiology, is displayed throughout her work, whether in fiction (The Summer without Men), in essay form (Living, Thinking, Looking) or in memoir (The Shaking Woman). Her latest book, Ghost Stories, published this month, is a moving patchwork of memories recounting her 40-year marriage to fellow writer Paul Auster.
Take a look at our booklist here, or browse our dedicated Hustvedt table throughout the month.
From the publisher:
By the bestselling author of WHAT I LOVED, an intimate and enlightening account of her search for the key to her mysterious nervous disorder, which brilliantly illuminates the connection between mind and body.'Readers of Oliver Sacks will…
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A provocative, wildly funny, intellectually rigorous and engrossing novel, punctuated by Siri Hustvedt's own illustrations - a tour de force by one of America's most acclaimed and beloved writers.Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New…
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After their father's funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from an unknown woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York, Erik…
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The tender memoir of the forty-three years Siri Hustvedt spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster – from their first encounter in 1980s New York through the highs and lows of love, family and grief.One of…
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After Mia Fredricksen's husband of thirty years asks for a pause - so he can indulge his infatuation with a young French colleague - she cracks up (briefly), rages (deeply), then decamps to her prairie childhood home.There, gradually, she…
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'Defiantly complex and frequently dazzling' – Sunday Times'A love story with the grip and suspense of a thriller.' – Times Literary SupplementIn 1975 art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by…
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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014The artist Harriet Burden, furious at the lack of attention paid her by the New York art world, conducts an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts in a series of exhibitions.…
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From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved, with a new introduction by Catherine Lacey.‘A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut’ Don DeLillo‘Brilliant . . . a dark,…
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Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling What I Loved and Booker Prize-longlisted The Blazing World.‘A wonderful essayist . . . Her new collection…
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From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved and The Summer Without Men, a dazzling collection of essays written with Siri Hustvedt's customary intelligence, wit and ability to convey complex ideas in a clear and lively…
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A stunning collection of essays by the author of What I Loved, in which she addresses many of the themes explored in her novels - identity, sexual attraction, relationships, family, mental illness, the power of the imagination, a sense of…
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A trail-blazing and inspiring collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience and psychology featuring The Delusions of Certainty, winner of the European Essay Prize 2019.As well as being a prize-winning, bestselling novelist, Siri…
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