Description

Book Synopsis
In Noche Triste ("Sad Night"), Robert Radin explores his struggles with anorexia in the 1980s. He also examines the history of self-starvation - its roots in rituals of religious purification, its development into an entertainment craze, its use as a tool of resistance - and, in the process, forces us to reconsider what it means to have anorexia. As his starving becomes an increasingly political act and he ventures to Mexico, alone, alienated from loved ones, we realize he's in the grip of something dangerous that neither he, nor we, fully understand. Written in exquisite prose, Noche Triste is a devastating, revelatory chronicle of a complex illness.

Noche Triste: A Memoir of Anorexia

    Product form

    £17.10

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £18.00 – you save £0.90 (5%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Mon 29 Jun 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Robert Radin

    3 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Noche Triste: A Memoir of Anorexia by Robert Radin

      Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
      Publication Date: 22/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9783838209036, 978-3838209036
      ISBN10: 3838209036
      Also in:
      Memoirs Health & Wellbeing Coping with / advice about eating disorders

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Noche Triste ("Sad Night"), Robert Radin explores his struggles with anorexia in the 1980s. He also examines the history of self-starvation - its roots in rituals of religious purification, its development into an entertainment craze, its use as a tool of resistance - and, in the process, forces us to reconsider what it means to have anorexia. As his starving becomes an increasingly political act and he ventures to Mexico, alone, alienated from loved ones, we realize he's in the grip of something dangerous that neither he, nor we, fully understand. Written in exquisite prose, Noche Triste is a devastating, revelatory chronicle of a complex illness.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account