Susanna Kaysen

Autor de Girl, Interrupted

7+ Obras 8,518 Miembros 144 Reseñas 7 Preferidas

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Susanna Kaysen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 11, 1948. Her memoir Girl, Interrupted is the harrowing account of her two year confinement in the McLean Psychiatric Hospital and was been adapted into a motion picture starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. She has also written mostrar más several novels including Asa, As I Knew Him, Far Afield, and Camera My Mother Gave Me. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Incluye los nombres: Susan Kaysen, Susana Kaysen, Susanna Keysen, Susanna Kaysen, Susanna Kayssen, by Susanna Kaysen

Obras de Susanna Kaysen

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Girl, Interrupted (1993) 7,613 copias

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Far Afield (1990) 136 copias

Asa, as I Knew Him (1987) 135 copias

Inocencia interrumpida (2022) 1 copia

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Nombre canónico: Kaysen, Susanna
Fecha de nacimiento: 1948-11-11
Género: female
Nacionalidad: USA
Ocupaciones: Author
Relaciones: Kaysen, Carl (father)
Wylie, Jonathan (husband | divorced)

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GIRL, INTERRUPTED por Susanna Kaysen

I've seen the movie tons of times and thought it was very good. I enjoyed the book a lot, as well. Though I must admit, while I can and have watched the movie many times, I just don't think I'll be able to read the book more than once.

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thatnerd | 118 reseñas más. | Mar 2, 2024 |

Girl, Interrupted por Susanna Kaysen

Author Susanna Kaysen was having a bad day when a psychiatrist she'd never seen before referred her for hospitalization at McLean, the top-tier mental institution of the 1960s. In her memoir Girl, Interrupted, she remembers the almost two years she spent at McLean, along with the colorful characters she met there. This slight book delves into questions of sanity vs. insanity, free expression vs. control, and Thorazine vs. everything else. Was Kaysen mentally ill, or just a sensitive, nonconformist teenager growing up during a tumultuous time? The book leaves the question open. Recommended.… (más)

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akblanchard | 118 reseñas más. | Oct 18, 2023 |

Girl, Interrupted por Susanna Kaysen

I couldn't put it down, read it straight through in one night. Absolutely fantastic.

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blueskygreentrees | 118 reseñas más. | Jul 30, 2023 |

Girl, Interrupted por Susanna Kaysen

Very interesting.

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kevindern | 118 reseñas más. | Apr 27, 2023 |

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