{"product_id":"hospital","title":"Hospital","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Melbourne, Australia, a woman in her late thirties is diagnosed with her third episode of psychosis, amounting to schizophrenia. What follows is a frenzied journey from home to a community house to a hospital and out again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanya, the protagonist, finds herself questioning the diagnosis of her sanity or insanity, as determined and defined by a medical model which seems less than convincing to her. Having studied psychology herself, she wonders whether, even if the diagnosis is correct to some extent, the treatment should be different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanya tells her story in a deceptively calm, first-person voice, using conversations as the primary narrative mode, as she ponders if and when the next psychotic episode will materialize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on real-life events and originally written in Bengali, Hospital is a daring first novel that unflinchingly depicts the precarity of a woman living with psychosis and her struggles with the definition of sanity in our society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arunava Sinha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44401980080297,"sku":"9781922725455","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781922725455.jpg?v=1720062081","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/hospital","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}