ARGONAUT BOOKS

Author and journalist Hilde Østby was cycling to work one day when she crashed head - first into a stone bridge. At the hospital, she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and prescribed rest and relaxation. But her brain was anything but restful: ideas for new writing projects popped into her head at a frenzied pace. Never before had she had so many 'aha' moments. But at the same time, simple tasks like walking through an airport felt impossible. Had the concussion made her - like the stereotype of the tortured artist - more creative but less able to function in society? Or was there so...Read More