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The Danger to Be Sane
Creativity and the Eccentric Mind
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The Danger to Be Sane
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Siobhan Dowd
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
MOST ANTICIPATED OF 2026 - New York Times・Publishers Weekly・The Millions
“An ebullient examination of madness, mortality, suicide.”—Chris Kraus
A dazzling journey into the eccentric, troubled, and luminous minds that shaped literature.
In this bold and deeply researched blend of memoir, essay, literary analysis, and intellectual sleuth story, Montero draws on psychology, neuroscience, and literature, as well as the lives of writers and artists, to explore the connection between creativity and mental vulnerability.
With narrative élan, Montero brings to life figures such as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, and Doris Lessing, and paints a fresco of the ways in which the brain works, its quirks and dark corners. Breaking down the forces that influence creativity, Montero proposes new ways of thinking about both the creative act, and what we consider “normal.”
Part intimate memoir, part cultural history, The Danger to Be Sane is a moving and inspirational homage to minds and lives that sit outside of the mean.
“Unique...suspenseful...thrilling.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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