{"product_id":"the-danger-to-be-sane-creativity-and-the-eccentric-mind","title":"The Danger to Be Sane: Creativity and the Eccentric Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An ebullient examination of madness, mortality, suicide.\"--Chris Kraus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e★ \"Unique...suspenseful...thrilling.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dazzling journey into the eccentric, troubled, and luminous minds that shaped literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bold and deeply researched blend of memoir, essay, literary analysis, and intellectual sleuth story, Montero draws on psychology, neuroscience, and literature, as well as the lives of writers and artists, to explore the connection between creativity and mental vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith narrative élan, Montero brings to life figures such as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, and Doris Lessing, and paints a fresco of the ways in which the brain works, its quirks and dark corners. Breaking down the forces that influence creativity, Montero proposes new ways of thinking about both the creative act, and what we consider \"normal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart intimate memoir, part cultural history, \u003cem\u003eThe Danger to Be Sane\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving and inspirational homage to minds and lives that sit outside of the mean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Twas a Divine Insanity-- \u003cbr\u003e The\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDanger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto be Sane \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Emily Dickinson, Poem 593 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-13: 9798889661863\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Montero, Rosa, Ford, Lindsey\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (May 2026)","offer_id":46099829817541,"sku":"9798889661863","price":26.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9798889661863.jpg?v=1776645702","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-danger-to-be-sane-creativity-and-the-eccentric-mind","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}