Bibliograph

Hospital, Sanya Rushdi ; translated by Arunava Sinha

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Label

Hospital, Sanya Rushdi ; translated by Arunava Sinha

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Hospital

Responsibility statement

Sanya Rushdi ; translated by Arunava Sinha

Summary

In Melbourne a one-time research student with interests in philosophy and psychology is diagnosed with her third episode of psychosis. As she is moved from her family home to a community house and then to hospital, she questions the diagnosis of her sanity or insanity, as determined and defined by a medical model which seems less than convincing to her. Indeed questioning seems to be at the heart of her psychosis, in her over-active interpretations of signs and gestures, thoughts and emotions -- and one understands these to be an expression of her intelligence, even if they seem illusory. She tells her story in a calm, rational voice, with an acute sense of detail and an objective air, as she wonders when the next psychotic episode will materialise, or if it hasn't arrived already

Target audience

adult

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