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In 1884, the distinguished German jurist Daniel Paul Schreber suffered the first of a series of mental collapses that would afflict him for the rest of his life. In his madness, the world was revealed to him as an enormous architecture of nerves, dominated by a predatory God. It became clear to Schreber that his personal crisis was implicated in what he called a “crisis in God’s realm,” one that had transformed the rest of humanity into a race of fantasms. There was only one remedy; as his doctor noted: Schreber “considered himself chosen to redeem the world, and to restore to it the lost state of Blessedness. This, however, he could only do by first being transformed from a man into a woman….”
Publisher : NYRB Classics; Revised ed. edition (January 31, 2000)
Language : English
Paperback : 488 pages
ISBN-10 : 094032220X
ISBN-13 : 978-0940322202
Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
Dimensions : 5 x 1.21 x 7.96 inches
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Customers find the book important and readable, with one describing it as a classic. The writing style receives mixed reactions, with several customers finding it difficult to read. Customers appreciate the book’s objectiveness, with one noting its extraordinary account by Daniel Paul Schreber.
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