The Faces

A disturbing but vividly visceral look at a woman's descent into madness. Ditlevsen writes with such clarity in examining the challenges that paranoid schizophrenia can bring upon a tormented soul by showing the reader the various voices of people that occupy her life constantly voicing their daily concerns and struggles. In doing so Ditlevesen deftly addresses the blurred lines between reality and imagination. Similarly to other great works that have examined mental illness, the novel explores the complexities of the condition and becomes a poignant and haunting tale .