Asylum

by Nina Shope and Eleanor Catton

Book Overview

Winner of the Dzanc Prize for Fiction
A work of brilliant and innovative historical fiction, Asylum delves into the disturbing and seductive relationship between a young hysteric named Augustine and renowned nineteenth-century French neurologist J.M. Charcot. As Charcot risks his career to investigate the controversial disease of hysteria, Augustine struggles to make him acknowledge their interdependence and shared desires--until...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950539512
• ISBN13: 9781950539512
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"