The Shapeless Unease

The Shapeless Unease

Published

May 2020

Publishers

US
Grove/Atlantic
Every Lifetime After
Jonathan Cape
Italy
NN Editore
Taiwan
Infortress Publishing
The Netherlands
De Bezige Bij
Turkey
Is Kultur

Samantha Harvey's insomnia arrived, seemingly, from nowhere; for a year she has spent her nights chasing sleep that rarely comes. She's tried everything to appease it. Nothing is helping.

What happens when one of the basic human needs goes unmet? For Samantha Harvey, extreme sleep deprivation resulted in a raw clarity about life itself. Original and profound, The Shapeless Unease is a startlingly insightful exploration of memory, writing and influence, death and grief, and the will to survive.