Nothing: A Memoir of Insomnia
By Blake Butler
3/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
One of the most acclaimed young voices of his generation, Blake Butler now offers his first work of nonfiction: a deeply candid and wildly original look at the phenomenon of insomnia.
Invoking scientific data, historical anecdote, Internet obsession, and figures as diverse as Andy Warhol, Gilles Deleuze, John Cage, Anton LaVey, Jorge Luis Borges, Brian Eno, and Stephen King, Butler traces the tension between sleeping and conscious life. And he reaches deep into his own experience—from disturbing waking dreams, to his father’s struggles with dementia, to his own epic 129-hour bout of insomnia—to reveal the effect of sleeplessness on his imaginative landscape.
The result is an exhilarating exploration of dream and awareness, desperation and relief, consciousness and conscience—a fascinating maze-map of the borders between sleep and the waking world by one of today’s most talked-about writers.
Blake Butler
Blake Butler is the author of five books of fiction, including There Is No Year and Scorch Atlas; a work of hybrid nonfiction, Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia; and two collaborative works, Anatomy Courses with Sean Kilpatrick and One with Vanessa Place and Christopher Higgs. He is the founding editor of HTMLGIANT, "the Internet literature magazine blog of the future," and maintains a weekly column covering literary art and fast food for Vice magazine. His other work has appeared widely, including in The Believer, the New York Times, Fence, Dazed and Confused, and The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade. He lives in Atlanta.
Read more from Blake Butler
Molly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5300,000,000: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5There Is No Year: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Scorch Atlas Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bomb: The Author Interviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Nothing
Related ebooks
LIVEBLOG Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuidebooks for the Dead Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Wolf Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Late Work of Margaret Kroftis: A Novella Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStay: threads, conversations, collaborations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFare Forward: Letters from David Markson Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Night Philosophy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProxies: Essays Near Knowing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cinema of the Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been: New and Selected Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHill William Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5After the Oracle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsN/O Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fracture: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Shame Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove in a Time of Robot Apocalypse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Complete Gary Lutz Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAutoportrait Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Project for a Revolution in New York Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Miraculum Monstrum Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Three Bell Zero Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPortrait of an Eye: Three Novels Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dominant Animal: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAddress Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5L' Heure Bleue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vincent and Alice and Alice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy My Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInferno: A Poet's Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Personal Memoirs For You
I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solutions and Other Problems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5People, Places, Things: My Human Landmarks Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Choice: Embrace the Possible Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stash: My Life in Hiding Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Nothing
7 ratings0 reviews