ISBN: 9781250798282
Editorial: Holt Paperbacks
Autor: Cho, Catherine
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 256
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: About the AuthorCatherine Cho is a literary agent in the UK. Originally from the United States, she’s lived in New York and Hong Kong, and she currently lives in London with her family. Inferno is her first book.A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Inferno is a disturbing and masterfully told memoir, but it’s also an important one that pushes back against powerful taboos. . .”―The New York Times Book Review“Explosive”―Good Morning AmericaWhen Catherine Cho and her husband set off from London to introduce their newborn son to family scattered across the United States, she could not have imagined what lay in store. Before the trip’s end, she develops psychosis, a complete break from reality, which causes her to lose all sense of time and place, including what is real and not real. In desperation, her husband admits her to a nearby psychiatric hospital, where she begins the hard work of rebuilding her identity.In this unwaveringly honest, insightful, and often shocking memoir Catherine reconstructs her sense of self, starting with her childhood as the daughter of Korean immigrants, moving through a traumatic past relationship, and on to the early years of her courtship with and marriage to her husband, James. She masterfully interweaves these parts of her past with a vivid, immediate recounting of the days she spent in the ward.The result is a powerful exploration of psychosis and motherhood, at once intensely personal, yet holding within it a universal experience―of how we love, live, and understand ourselves in relation to each other.Review"The intensity of the first-person perspective here gives this section the claustrophobic dread of a psychological thriller. . . .Inferno is a disturbing and masterfully told memoir, but it’s also an important one that pushes back against powerful taboos. . . .Discussions of severe mental illness in mothers continue to induce discomfort and judgment in those who have never experienced it, and embarrassment and shame in those who have."–The New York Times Book Review“Inferno is a brilliantly frightening memoir about Cho’s two weeks on the psychiatric ward, elegantly interwoven with tales from her past. . . .[Cho writes] herself into motherhood and into a form of sanity that does not leave behind the insights enabled by psychosis. “–The Guardian“Fascinating. . . .beautifully written. . . .This is a highly accomplished memoir. Cho deftly weaves the strands of her experience to create something striking and original.”–The Times"A beautifully written account of how a new mother ends up in a psychiatric facility with postpartum psychosis, interwoven with reflections on the influence of her Korean parents."–The Guardian, "50 Brilliant Books to Transport You This Summer""This debut memoir is an engrossing and frightening account of the author’s post-partum psychosis and subsequent commitment to a psychiatric hospital; it’s a candid story of motherhood, mental health and love."–Ms. Magazine, "August 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us""Explosive"–GMA.com, "New Must-Read Books for the Ultimate Escape in August""Cho's harrowing memoir recounts her experience of postpartum psychosis after the birth of her son, Cato. . . .Throughout, Cho meditates on the ways in which Korean culture has informed her ideas of motherhood and mental health, and her expectations around both. It’s a vigorous and affecting read."–Buzzfeed, "29 Summer Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down""Inferno is an exploration of how we understand ourselves and our identities."–Bustle, "19 Book Releases to Look Forward to in 2020"[Cho's] memoir discusses the route she had to take in order to put her life back together, beginning with bravely examining the dark parts of her past in order to understand herself again.–PureWow, "10 Nonfiction Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2020""This piercing narrative about motherhood and a fraying human mind will slowly and creepily pull the re
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