Insomnia

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Texte du rabat

This text provides guidance for the restless insomniac. Analysis and philosophy combine to provide comfort on even the longest of sleepless nights.

Résumé
This book is an eloquent guide to, and companion through, the long sleepless hours of the night. We come away from its soothing pages informed, consoled and armed with insights that will make us feel a lot less alone as we wait for sleep, eventually, to come.

Contenu

Introduction

I'm going to die...

Anxiety

I've been so bad...

Career regret

The kitchen at 2 a.m.

Watching someone sleeping

Resentments

Imaginary speeches

Memories

In praise of lists

The end of the world

Lost innocence

On reading

Questions for the insomniac

Gratitude

Someone once sang you to sleep

I've been dreaming

The school of night

So what if I don't sleep?