Showing results for "Depression" in Literature & Fiction

In this satirical alternative history, Professor Jeronimo Herodotease and his team of documentary filmmakers and reenactors revivify the dark days of the Grim Depression and Amerika's descent into dictatorship. In the chaos and strife that followed the assassination of President-elect Frankie van Rosenvelt, General Jackson and a cadre of Forcist-minded cockroaches swarmed the stage, gnawed away at democratic norms, and declared martial law under the guise of restoring "Law and Order."

Humoristisch, depressiv, altbacken und technikgeil – Filip Galvian setzt einen Kontrapunkt zu der von Mittelmäßigkeit geprägten Gegenwart! Es wird Zeit, Abschied zu nehmen von einem guten, wahren Freund - doch vorher ab aufs Festival, die Freiheit ruft.

A brilliantly funny and heartwarming debut about a young woman who stumbles, then fights to build a new life after the death of her husband. The perfect book for anyone who has ever been heartbroken, lost someone they loved, or eaten too many Oreos...

In Banshee, Samantha Baxter - wife, mother, poetry professor - learns she has breast cancer and then ruins her own life. Tumbling through a catastrophic midlife crisis, she gives herself permission to partake in behaviors she's observed in her male colleagues, including having an affair with a student her daughter's age, ranting at board meetings, and telling her poetry students what she really thinks of their work. Underneath biting, witty narration lurks a childish, confused, and unrealized adult woman hell-bent on destroying her relationships and professional life.

In schlechten Phasen starrt er die Raufasertapete an ("irre Action für die Augen"), spricht mit seiner schmutzigen Wäsche und reagiert nicht auf Anrufe. In guten Phasen verabredet er sich mit einem Freund - ob er es schafft hinzugehen, ist eine andere Frage - oder macht sich Pudding ("immerhin gekocht"). Sein Therapeut stellt die Diagnose: Depression.