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Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature | Paperback

by Jan Lars Jensen (Author)

List Price:

$14.95

Binding:

Paperback

Publisher:

Carroll & Graf

Page Count:

288 Pages

Publication Date:

March 10, 2005

Sales Rank:

1,243,109st

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
Within the literature of madness, there has never been a memoir as wrenching and mordantly humorous as Jan Lars Jensen’s Nervous System. A quiet librarian who struck publishing gold with his first novel, Jensen felt as if something had come unhinged in his mind. The rush of ideas and language felt like losing, willy-nilly, a chunk of his mental stability. But true madness didn’t come until the countdown to his book’s release into the world. A few months after selling his novel to a major American publisher, Jensen woke in a psych ward bed, only to find the ideas that had inspired him now roamed through waking nightmares that deranged him. Just as literature prompted Jensen’s slide into paranoid obsession, so did it help him rebuild and recover. Whether he was groping to comprehend James Herriot’s veterinarian stories through a haze of antipsychotic medication, deciphering his psychiatrist’s references to Patrick O’Brian novels, or attempting to steer his recalcitrant mind toward sleep with a history of logging, books and writing defined Jensen’s world. This memoir recounts Larsen’s extraordinary experience. Terrifying yet tender, darkly humorous and deeply moving, Nervous System is a tale of literary madness like no other.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)

Touching book with a humourous perspective

5 Stars
July 18, 2004
Highly recommended! Jensen has compiled his experiences of life in a world distored by mental illness, allowing the casual reader a window into his thoughts both as he undergoes a breakdown following publication of his first book, and his own attempts later to make sense of what happened. His humourous observations frequently lighten the deeper story that will touch the nerve of anyone affected by mental illness- either personally or through their family and friends.

its O.K. by diane (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

3 Stars
July 05, 2004
Paranoia..the reason i picked up this book was because Jensen and I had something in common - we both had Psychosis. Although many have different episodes, experiences, but some similarities - Jensen's autobiographical portrayal of himself is quite witty. The book doesnt merely explain in details how his mind gets tangled up in his first book that he published - i mean- i guess you have to buy his first book -"SHIVA 3000"...but i wouldnt, this book was enough for me.

Nervous System: Or Losing My Mind in Literature by Jill Moe (Calgary)

5 Stars
April 05, 2004
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to fight back with Nervous System. From leaving the book store I couldn't put this book down.

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