Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - Elizabeth Wurtzel

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Full bibliographic data for Prozac Nation

Title

Prozac Nation

Subtitle

Young and Depressed in America

Authors and contributors

By (author) Elizabeth Wurtzel

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
Width: 133 mm
Height: 210 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight: 363 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9781573225120
ISBN 10: 1573225126

Classifications

BISAC category code:BIO022000
Dewey:616.85270092
LCification:RC537.W87
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:T4.0
BISAC category code:SEL011000
BICMainSubject:BG
Dewey:B

Edition

2

Edition statement

2nd

Publisher

Penguin Putnam Inc

Imprint name

Riverhead Books,U.S.

Publication date

01 September 1997

Publication City/Country

New York/US

Review quote

"Wrenching and comical, self-indulgent and self-aware, "Prozac Nation "possesses the raw candor of Joan Didion's essays, the irritating emotional exhibitionism of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, and the wry, dark humor of a Bob Dylan song."--The New York Times "Wurtzel is a very entertaining nut case. Reading this book is like being locked up with her, covering your ears or laughing out loud, depending on your perspective. "Prozac Nation "gives a view of every aspect of depression: the self-pity, the courage, the flashes of insight, the despair, and the endless, very moving struggle, simply, to live." --Jeffrey Eugenides "[Wurtzel] is smart, she is funny...she is thoughtful and...she is very, very brave. Wurtzel portrays, from the inside out, an emotional life perpetually spent outrunning the relentless pursuit of what she describes as a black wave, often sacrificing her likability on the altar of her truth."--Vanity Fair "Sylvia Plath with the ego of Madonna." --The New York Times Book Review "The saddest, funniest, and ultimately, most triumphant book about youthful depression I've come across. It reads like a mixture of J.D. Salinger and Sylvia Plath, with some Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen thrown in for good measure...[Wurtzel] is one canny and entertaining observer of her generation: if you've been wondering why Kurt Cobain meant what he did--what it feels like to be young, gifted, and black of spirit--this book is the CD, tape, video, and literary answer all in one."--Daphne Merkin, author of Enchantment "The Courtney Love of letters... You can disagree with Wurtzel, but at least she always has a passionate point of view." --Entertainment Weekly .".. The preposterous energy of a great, drunken tantrum, and a voluptuous, sprawling style, with lots of good, zinging jokes." --Mary Gaitskill

Biographical note

Elizabeth Wurtzel is the author of bestselling books including "Prozac Nation, " +CHAR(34)+ 'B.tch, " and "More, Now, Again." A Harvard and Yale Law School graduate whose work has appeared in such publications as "The New Yorker, " +CHAR(34)+ 'New York, " +CHAR(34)+ 'The Guardian, " and "The Oxford American, " she lives in New York City.

Main description

"A book that became a cultural touchstone." -- The New Yorker Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger in the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt Cobain, Xanax, and pierced tongues. In this famous memoir of her bouts with depression and skirmishes with dr.gs, Prozac Nation is a witty and sharp account of the psychopharmacology of an era for readers of Girl, Interrupted and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.