Siri Hustvedt
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220 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 22 May
Siri Hustvedt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It does turn out that a lot of grieving people have some form of hallucinatory presence, full-blown hallucinations, seeing a person, for example, sitting in the favorite chair, walking through the door.
This is quite common.
But I am...
On the day of the funeral, I left the company to go upstairs and just be alone for a little while in our house.
And I was in the bedroom lying down.
And I had the most powerful sensation that Paul was on the steps.
I didn't hear anything or see anything or smell anything, and there was no touch, no senses.
But I knew that it was Paul.
He walked into the bedroom, stood by the bed.
Again, invisible, but I knew.
looked at me, I was flooded with joy, and then he left.
I was amazed.
I go through possible explanations for this, and I actually had, as a pubescent girl, a malevolent presence that I felt at the bottom of the stairs in my parents' house, our family house.
And I had read a lot.
I've read a lot about presences in my interest in neuroscience and neurology.
But I'd never had this.
And it was a gift.
Grace.
It was wonderful.
And now that I have been traveling for this book a bit,
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