Botany of Madness by Engler, Leon

Botany of Madness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781954404458)

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Botany of Madness by Engler, Leon

Botany of Madness

$17.95
Botany of Madness by Engler, Leon

Botany of Madness

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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A young man is gripped by one fear: that he'll lose his mind. In his family, mental illness has shaped lives for generations, and psychiatric wards have become almost a rite of passage. His battle to avoid inheriting his grandmother's suicidal behavior, his mother's bipolar disorder, or his father's bouts with alcoholism and depression spurs him to flee Germany for New York, via Paris and Vienna, only to end up in just the kind of mental institution that so terrified him. But he works there as a psychologist rather than undergo treatment as a patient himself, and learns that a person is always more than a diagnosis. This picaresque novel, a potent blend of memoir and fiction, becomes a compassionate tale of reconciliation whereby the protagonist is forced to confront the question he has avoided all his life: What is normal?



Author: Leon Engler
ISBN-10: 195440445X
ISBN-13: 9781954404458
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2026
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
By Leon Engler
By Leon Engler
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Leon Engler grew up in Munich and studied theater, film, and psychology in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin. He has published several plays and short stories and works as an author, psychologist, and lecturer in psychology and creative writing. Botany of Madness is his first novel.

Alexandra Roesch has translated eleven works of fiction and nonfiction including writings by Hans Fallada, Seraina Kobler, and Stefanie vor Schulte, and has been awarded the inaugural John Calder Translation Prize. She holds an MA in translation from the University of Bristol.

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