title: The man from Big Sur.
abstract: Nine Ninety-Nine is a novel about the life and literary work of a paranoid schizophrenic writer, who was hospitalized between 1958 and 1984. He rarely looked people in the face, but, instead, stared at their shoes, ankles, and socks. Living in a closed ward, daily he studied the Bible and edited the Ward M Quarterly, a magazine devoted to the struggle against all authority figures. Over the decades, David Hoffnung, the narrator, received many treatments. In this chapter, he describes his experiences in long-term group psychotherapy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Camenietzki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000628:therapy*