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Fallen lassen
In »Fallen lassen« lernen wir die frühere Bestsellerautorin Brigitte Schwaiger als Patientin der Psychiatrie kennen. Ihre Schilderungen handeln von verständnislosen Ärzten und gescheiterten Therapieversuchen, von flüchtigen Glücksmomenten, der Angst zu leben und dem notwendigen Zorn angesichts der anhaltenden Tabuisierung psychischer Erkrankungen.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2006
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Brigitte Schwaiger
30 books10 followersBrigitte Schwaiger was an Austrian author.
She was the daughter of a doctor, while her great grandmother was Carola Seligmann, an opera singer who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Schwaiger studied two semesters of Psychology, Germanic and Romance linguistics in Vienna. In 1968, she married a Spanish Officer, and moved with him to Madrid and then Mallorca before divorcing him four years later. She then attended the Pedagogic Academy in Linz, where she played part-time in cellar theatres and worked as a production assistant at ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk - Austrian Broadcasting).
Her first novel, Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer? (1977) (How does the Salt get in the Sea?) became a sensational bestseller which sold several hundred thousand copies throughout the German language region. The heavily autobiographical first-person story tells of the monotony of everyday married life and of unsuccessful attempts to flee this world. In 1988 the novel was dramatised in a German film by Peter Beauvais, starring Nicolin Kunz and Siemen Rühaak.
Although her later works did not achieve the success of her first novel, Fallen lassen, a report of her experience in psychiatry, was met with critical acclaim.
She was the daughter of a doctor, while her great grandmother was Carola Seligmann, an opera singer who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Schwaiger studied two semesters of Psychology, Germanic and Romance linguistics in Vienna. In 1968, she married a Spanish Officer, and moved with him to Madrid and then Mallorca before divorcing him four years later. She then attended the Pedagogic Academy in Linz, where she played part-time in cellar theatres and worked as a production assistant at ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk - Austrian Broadcasting).
Her first novel, Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer? (1977) (How does the Salt get in the Sea?) became a sensational bestseller which sold several hundred thousand copies throughout the German language region. The heavily autobiographical first-person story tells of the monotony of everyday married life and of unsuccessful attempts to flee this world. In 1988 the novel was dramatised in a German film by Peter Beauvais, starring Nicolin Kunz and Siemen Rühaak.
Although her later works did not achieve the success of her first novel, Fallen lassen, a report of her experience in psychiatry, was met with critical acclaim.
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May 31, 2024Brigitte Schwaiger erschlägt mit ihrer bitteren Ehrlichkeit über psychische Krankheit und das System, das sie und andere versagt hat. Ihr ungeschont dargestelltes Leiden zu bewerten fühlt sich falsch an, daher kein Rating, aber meine hier ausgesprochene Bewunderung für ihre Fähigkeit, trotz allem noch Worte gefunden zu haben.
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