Books by Daniel Paul Schreber
“With something like Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, even if you don’t want to consider it to be a fantasy novel, you should read it just as a means of understanding what fantasy really is – and the extent to which all of our realities are formed in the same manner, whether those things happen to be arguably true or seemingly false.” Read more...
Alex Pheby, Novelist
Interviews where books by Daniel Paul Schreber were recommended
The Best Dark Fantasy Books, recommended by Alex Pheby
Dark fantasy undermines certainty and reality – but that’s exactly what we need, argues author and academic Alex Pheby. He talks us through his five favourites, and how they allegorize loss of innocence, question the real, and re-awaken our awareness of the human condition.
The best books on Hypochondria, recommended by Caroline Crampton
Author Caroline Crampton was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a teenager. She recovered, but ever since she has suffered from health anxiety—what you might call ‘hypochondria.’ Here, she recommends five of the best books on hypochondria, from memoirs by sufferers to Jane Austen’s final, caustic novel.
