Paper cuts: a memoir

by Bernard, Stephen

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Title Statements

Full title :Paper cuts : a memoir / Stephen Bernard.

Summary

"`I have a small line of red dots on the back of my left hand, where the needle goes in. I have had hundreds of ketamine injections, more than anyone else, perhaps. The needle goes in, and the truth comes out. Sometimes I am a child again. Sometimes I have the innocence of a child, but I am not innocent. I know too much. I have known too much.' With Paper Cuts, Stephen Bernard boldly tests the bounds of what a memoir can achieve. Living through the trauma of childhood abuse and mental illness, he writes to escape and confront, to accuse and explain. Each morning when he wakes, Stephen Bernard must literally reconstruct his self: every night he writes himself a letter to be read the next day. The fractured, intensely personal narrative of Paper Cuts follows a single day in his life as he navigates a course through the effects of mania, medication and memories. The result is painful, unique and inspiring."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 208 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781787330122, 1787330125
oclc:on1041013846
Dewey Decimal:378.12092

Subjects

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