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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this unique neurological memoir Siri Hustvedt attempts to solve her own mysterious condition
While speaking at a memorial event for her father in 2006, Siri Hustvedt suffered a violent seizure from the neck down. Despite her flapping arms and shaking legs, she continued to speak clearly and was able to finish her speech. It was as if she had suddenly become two people: a calm orator and a shuddering wreck. Then the seizures happened again and...
2) Augustine
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In Paris, 19-year-old Augustine suffers a seizure that leaves her partially paralyzed and is sent to a hospital specializing in the then-fashionable ailment of "hysteria". She captures the attention of renowned neurologist Dr. Charcot after she has another attack that appears to give her intense physical pleasure. He begins using her as his principle subject, hypnotizing her in front of his fellow doctors. As she displays her spectacular fits, the...
Author
Publisher
Dottir Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
295 pages : map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman comes to on the pavement next to a busy street and realizes her three-year-old son Ivar is missing. She has had a grand mal seizure and her memory is fragmented. She tries to piece together what she knows, but her health continues to decline, and her life has become a series of mysteries. Why is her husband not living with her? Whose funeral flowers are on the table? Why has her mother gone missing?
5) Thelma
Publisher
[Passion River Films]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Norwegian
Description
A shy young student leaves her small town and religious family to study at a university in Oslo, but once on campus she experiences what appears to be a violent, unexpected seizure. Overwhelmed by the increasing intensity of the mystifying episodes and her powerful feelings for a beautiful classmate, she struggles to control her supernatural abilities.
Author
Publisher
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
v, 29 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wally is a whale who has seizures and struggles with being different from all his friends. He does not like always having to be with someone. He wants more independence. Read more to see what happens when Wally goes on an adventure with his friend. -- P. [4] of cover.
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