Insane

By Rainald Goetz

Translated for the first time into English, cult German author Rainald Goetz's debut novel Insane draws upon his clinical psychiatric experience to paint a portrait of the asylum as a total institution. We follow a young psychiatrist, Dr Raspe, who enters the profession dreaming of revolutionising its methods. Confronted by day-to-day practices and the reality of life in the psychiatric hospital, Raspe begins to fray at the edges. The very concept of madness is called into question in a brutal portrayal of patients and psychiatrists and the various treatments administered, from psychotherapy to electroshock therapy. What is madness? And who is truly mad? Diving headlong into a terrifying and oppressive world, Insane is a veritable journey into the madhouse by one of Germany's most prominent and contentious authors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910695319
• ISBN13: 9781910695319
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"