Translated for the first time into English, cult German author Rainald
Goetz's debut novel Insane draws upon his clinical psychiatric
experience to paint a portrait of the asylum as a total institution. We
follow a young psychiatrist, Dr Raspe, who enters the profession
dreaming of revolutionising its practices. Confronted by day-to-day
practices and the reality of life in the psychiatric hospital, Raspe
begins to fray at the edges.
The very concept of madness is
called into question in a brutal portrayal of patients and psychiatrists
and the various treatments administered, from psychotherapy to
electroshock therapy. What is madness? And who is truly mad? Diving
headlong into a terrifying and oppressive world, INSANE is a veritable
journey into the madhouse by one of Germany's most prominent and
contentious authors.
Insane - Rainald Goetz
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