The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves 9781802492941 Meet Samuel Blink

Meet Samuel Blink

Now on parole

readers learn that Dr Jelly has fallen foul of the infamous book monster - the readers themselves will be lucky to escape the same fate

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The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves 9781802492941 Meet Samuel BlinkAbout The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves By Siri Hustvedt 'Provocative but often funny, encyclopedic but down to earth . . . an extraordinary double story' Oliver Sacks 'It is Hustvedt's gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear' Hilary Mantel, Guardian While speaking at a memorial event for her father, the novelist Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Was it triggered by nerves, emotion or