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Daan Heerma van Voss has written for several national and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Vogue US, Pen International, Haaretz , Dissidentbloggen, and Svenska Dagbladet. His novels have been shortlisted for several awards and he was awarded De Tegel for extraordinary journalistic achievements. His much-acclaimed novel The Last War was translated into German, Spanish, Swedish and Chinese. The Anxiety Project is his first major work of nonfiction.
Like a modern-day Hercules, Daan Heerma van Voss takes up arms against anxiety, and manages to defeat it by synthesising studies and data, and forging them into a powerful personal story. A thrilling journey though philosophers, artists, super heroes, experts and patients, written in his distinct and brutally honest voice * Tzum * A fascinating journey through time and space, and an intriguing combination of science, essay and memoir * Psychology Magazine * An honest and revealing book, in which Heerma van Voss searches for the roots of our modern fears. The result: confessional literature at its best, while never losing touch with broader societal matters * NRC * Original, sparkling, and often chilling * HP / De Tijd * Revealing and profound, and Herma Van Voss's voice as a novelist ties it together beautifully * De Limburger * This book deserves all the readers in the world. A deeply personal portrait of how one lives with anxiety, coming deep from within. An intense and essential experience for many a reader -- Abdelkader Benali I am deeply impressed. Truly an encyclopaedia of the many ways fear and anxiety are rooted in modern Western culture -- Marcel Möring
