The Anxiety Project
Daan Heerma van Voss
The Anxiety Project
Daan Heerma van Voss
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Description
A personal journey into the roots of anxiety, through science, history, literature and the classics.
The Anxiety Project is a journey, both literal and literary . . . his account is both highly relatable . . . and fascinating
Like a modern-day Hercules, Daan Heerma van Voss takes up arms against anxiety, and manages to defeat it by synthesising studies and data, and forging them into a powerful personal story. A thrilling journey though philosophers, artists, super heroes, experts and patients, written in his distinct and brutally honest voice
A fascinating journey through time and space, and an intriguing combination of science, essay and memoir
An honest and revealing book, in which Heerma van Voss searches for the roots of our modern fears. The result: confessional literature at its best, while never losing touch with broader societal matters
Original, sparkling, and often chilling
Revealing and profound, and Herma Van Voss's voice as a novelist ties it together beautifully
This book deserves all the readers in the world. A deeply personal portrait of how one lives with anxiety, coming deep from within. An intense and essential experience for many a reader
I am deeply impressed. Truly an encyclopaedia of the many ways fear and anxiety are rooted in modern Western culture
For subjective insight The Anxiety Project is superb . . . If you want to know how it feels, or what it can do to quality of life and everyday functioning, [it] will tell you
Daan Heerma van Voss has written for several national and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Vogue US, Pen International, Haaretz , Dissidentbloggen, and Svenska Dagbladet. His novels have been shortlisted for several awards and he was awarded De Tegel for extraordinary journalistic achievements. His much-acclaimed novel The Last War was translated into German, Spanish, Swedish and Chinese. The Anxiety Project is his first major work of nonfiction.
The Anxiety Project is a journey, both literal and literary . . . his account is both highly relatable . . . and fascinating
Like a modern-day Hercules, Daan Heerma van Voss takes up arms against anxiety, and manages to defeat it by synthesising studies and data, and forging them into a powerful personal story. A thrilling journey though philosophers, artists, super heroes, experts and patients, written in his distinct and brutally honest voice
A fascinating journey through time and space, and an intriguing combination of science, essay and memoir
An honest and revealing book, in which Heerma van Voss searches for the roots of our modern fears. The result: confessional literature at its best, while never losing touch with broader societal matters
Original, sparkling, and often chilling
Revealing and profound, and Herma Van Voss's voice as a novelist ties it together beautifully
This book deserves all the readers in the world. A deeply personal portrait of how one lives with anxiety, coming deep from within. An intense and essential experience for many a reader
I am deeply impressed. Truly an encyclopaedia of the many ways fear and anxiety are rooted in modern Western culture
For subjective insight The Anxiety Project is superb . . . If you want to know how it feels, or what it can do to quality of life and everyday functioning, [it] will tell you
Daan Heerma van Voss has written for several national and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Vogue US, Pen International, Haaretz , Dissidentbloggen, and Svenska Dagbladet. His novels have been shortlisted for several awards and he was awarded De Tegel for extraordinary journalistic achievements. His much-acclaimed novel The Last War was translated into German, Spanish, Swedish and Chinese. The Anxiety Project is his first major work of nonfiction.