{"title":"Alexandra Roesch","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Roesch crafts deeply atmospheric works that explore the intricate landscapes of the human mind and emotion. Her writing often blends elements of psychological insight with poetic prose, inviting readers into stories rich with introspection and delicate tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn works like \u003cem\u003eBotany of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, Roesch navigates themes of memory, identity, and the blurred lines between reality and imagination, making her novels a compelling choice for those drawn to evocative and thought-provoking general fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"botany-of-madness-by-leon-engler-9781761382260","title":"Botany of Madness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young man is gripped by one fear: that he'll lose his mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith depression, alcoholism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia spread across his family tree, the odds are not in his favour. So, he does what any analytically minded man might do: he tries to calculate the statistical probability of his own madness. What follows is a restless, darkly comic journey—from New York to Paris to Vienna—as he tries to outrun a fate that seems written into his DNA, only to end up working as a psychologist inside the very institution he's spent his life fearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere, surrounded by stories that echo his own family's, he begins to see with a new, hard-earned clarity. In this bestselling German debut, a potent blend of memoir and fiction, Engler unravels a compassionate tale of reconciliation in which the protagonist is forced to confront a question he has avoided all his life: What is normal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Irresistible. A book that is at once grave and light, tender and tough, satirical and earnest.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Siri Hustvedt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A daring debut novel from a promising new literary voice, Germany's Leon Engler ... Quirky and bittersweet, \u003cem\u003eBotany of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e is just right for Christian Kracht and Katharina Volckmer fans ... phenomenal, darkly comic.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Shelf Awareness, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Illuminating ... moves at a roving pace ... \u003cem\u003eBotany of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting novel in which a man weighs mental illness with prismatic precision, his work involving scientific classifications, autofiction, and memory.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n—Foreword Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67738862026988,"sku":"9781761382260","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761382260-botany-of-madness-1.jpg?v=1792037635"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/alexandra-roesch.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}