Overview
Most diseases can be separated from ones self ... schizophrenia is something we are. So begins Mark Vonneguts depiction of his descent into, and eventual emergence from, mental illness. As a recent college graduate, self-avowed hippie, and son of a counterculture hero, Vonnegut begins to experience increasingly delusional thinking, suicidal thoughts, and physical incapacity. In February 1971 he is committed to a psychiatric hospital. The Eden Express, an ALA Notable Book first published over 25 years ago, is his honest, thoughtful, and moving account of the illness of schizophrenia. This edition features a new foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and a new preface by the author. Required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside. The New York Times
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781583225431
- ISBN-10: 1583225439
- Publisher: Seven Stories Press
- Publish Date: November 2002
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.71 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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