A profound meditation on language and loss and time, and on how we construct ourselves through stories. And it s painful. And it s beautiful. And I love it. NATHAN FLIER
Samantha Harvey s insomnia arrived, seemingly, from nowhere; for a year she has spent her nights chasing sleep that rarely comes. She s tried everything to appease it. Nothing is helping.
What happens when one of the basic human needs goes unmet? For Samantha Harvey, extreme sleep deprivation resulted in a raw clarity about life itself. Original and profound, The Shapeless Unease is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and grief, and the will to survive.
A delight to read... ineffably rewarding OBSERVER
Easily one of the truest and best books I ve read about what it s like to be alive now, in this country MAX PORTER
How can a book about a sensual deprivation be so sensuous and so full? ... it seemed to give my sleep resonance and poetry. What a beautiful book. TESSA HADLEY
About the Author
Samantha Harvey is the author of The Wilderness, All Is Song, Dear Thief and The Western Wind. She appeared on the longlists for the Bailey’s Prize and the Man Booker, and the shortlists of the James Tait Black Award, the Orange Prize, the Guardian First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize. The Wilderness won the Betty Trask Award in 2009. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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