by Siri Hustvedt · Actes Sud Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330014476
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«La femme qui tremble» is the essay by Siri Hustvedt published by Actes Sud in paperback (288 pages, in French).
In 2005, Siri Hustvedt suffered a shaking crisis while speaking in honor of her deceased father. When the episode recurred, she investigated that «trembling woman» within her: through neuropsychology seminars, writing workshops, and literature, she explores the history of mental pathologies and the links between illness and creativity.
Original title: «The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves» (2009). Translated from English by Christine Le Bœuf. Edition in the Babel collection (no. 1151).
For readers interested in the relationship between literature, neuroscience, and mental health, and in Siri Hustvedt's essayistic work.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
