In this powerful and provocative new memoir, awardwinning author lauren sla. Lying available for download and read online in other formats. Lauren slater born march 21, 1963 is an american psychotherapist and writer. Opening skinner s box great psychological experiments of the. Borrowing from and expanding margaret prices concept of the counterdiagnostic as a tool that challenges a readers urge to explain, clarify and contain a narrator with mental disabilities, i will read susanna kaysens girl, interrupted 1993 and lauren slaters lying.
Great psychological experiments of the twentieth century, a description of psychology. A metaphorical memoir in a memoir which refuses to be pinned down, lauren slater attempts to explain her mother and her past through events which may or may not be true. Lying chronicles the doctors, the tests, the seizures, the family embarrassments, even as it explores a sensitive. Lying quotes showing 14 of 4 i record my life, sifting and trying to separate what is real from what ive dreamed. Oct 01, 2001 a shifty, quirky, and brazen memoir of a young girl coming to terms with her own self, complete with selfpropelled angst and mental hiatus, as well as coming to understand the world, including its quicksand rules and shapeless places, lauren slater s lying is ironically honest from the first chapter. She confuses fact and fiction even though it is a memoir and thus creates a convoluted tale of herself where she may or may not be epileptic. Slaters more recent metaphorical memoir, lying, on the other hand, is not so easily.
A 1999 national magazine award nominee, lauren slater has a masters degree in psychology from harvard university and a doctorate from boston university. Joe bonomo on lauren slaters lying joe bonomo s most recent books are t his must be where my obsession with infinity began, a collection of essays, and conversations with greil marcus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater in chm, djvu, epub download ebook. Anyone trying to understand his or her own complex behavior, or such behavior of a friend or loved one, will be engaged, encouraged, embraced by this book. A metaphorical memoir by lauren slater 20011001 lauren slater. A metaphorical memoir, the 60 thousand dollar if searching for a ebook lauren slater lying. While such autobiographical texts as dave eggerss a heartbreaking work of staggering genius or lauren slaters lying. Counterdiagnosis and the critical medical humanities. Welcome to my country ebook written by lauren slater. A metaphorical memoir ebook written by lauren slater. Several of slaters books deal with mental health issues and are somewhat autobiographical in nature. She is caught between multiple diagnostic categories which, she demonstrates, come in and out of. Read lying a metaphorical memoir by lauren slater available from rakuten kobo.
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A psychologist and writer, lauren slater is the author of five books of nonfiction and two memoirs, as well as a collection of short stories. In this powerful and provocative new memoir, awardwinning author lauren slater forces readers to redraw the boundary between what we know as fact and what we believe through the creation of our own personal fictions. A metaphorical memoir was published in 2001 by psychologist and writer lauren slater. Opening skinner s box great psychological experiments of. Read download illness as a metaphor pdf pdf download.
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A metaphorical memoir kindle edition by lauren slater. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever possible to tellor to knowthe facts. The author has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. This may be the authors version of a work that was. Lauren slater s book, lying, may very well be a work of genius. Lying is a penetrating and thoughtful examination of one of the most pervasive yet little discussed aspects of our public and private lives. Great psychological experiments of the twentieth century. A metaphorical memoir is a 2001 book by lauren slater. A cancer patient herself at the time, she shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. She is the author of nine books, including welcome to my country 1996, prozac diary 1998, and lying. A metaphorical memoir kindle edition by slater, lauren.
Starting off, then, with a short summary, the plot of lying centers on the main title. A metaphorical memoir, slater blends a comingofage story with an electrifying exploration of the nature of truth, and of whether it is ever possible to tellor to knowthe facts about a self, a human being, a life. In her memoir, lying 2000, lauren slater fabricates most of inaccessible, unknown traumas through the overlapping metaphors of liminal, and pushing forward the authors unique genre of metaphorical memoir. Like kaysen, slater is critical of the arbitrary nature of diagnosis. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Donaldson elizabeth j lauren slaters lying metaphorical. She has received numerous awards, including a 2004 national endowment for the arts award, multiple inclusions in more about lauren slater. When all is said and done, theres only one kind of memoir i can see to write, and thats a slippery, playful, impish, exasperating text, shaped, if it could be, like a question mark. Lauren slaters prozac diary became the quintessential autopathography, documenting her life with major depression and her dramatic.
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