The Mother Is Restless and She Doesn't Know Why: Finding Freedom in the Cage

Crackling with intelligence and wit, a ‘shimmering’ (The Conversation) memoir about how nihilism might just get you through.

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‘Here is how I start: I read Nietzsche. I read Nietzsche in bed, with a chest cold. I highlight things in green and draw exclamation marks in the margins. I text friends. You wouldn’t expect I could be having so much fun reading Nietzsche, I tell them. They are worried about...