Internationally recognized as a novelist, Siri Hustvedt is also highly regarded as a writer of non-fiction, drawing insights from her extensive knowledge in the fields of art, humanities, and sciences. In this trilogy of works, collected in a single volume, Hustvedt brings a feminist, interdisciplinary perspective to a variety of topics. Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso, Susan Sontag, and Knut Ove Knausgaard are among those she scrutinizes. In the central essay of the book, she examines the persistent problem of mind and body and reflects in the third section on the mysteries of hysteria, synesthesia, memory, perception, and the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard. With clarity, wit, and passion, she uncovers gender biases, questions traditional ideas, and challenges her readers to think anew.