Janet Malcolm has managed somehow to peer into the reticent, reclusive world of psychoanalysis and to report to us, with remarkable fidelity, what she has seen. Her book is journalism become art

- Joseph Adelson, New York Times Book Review

Entertaining, readable and well-researched

London Review of Books

The process known as psychoanalysis is sometimes revered, sometimes derided, and most often misunderstood. What good does it do? Can it help anyone? What risks does it pose to both patient and analyst? None of these questions can be easily answered, but in Janet Malcolm's narrative, in which all her skills as a reporter and interviewer come into play, their complexity is limpidly revealed.
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A fascinating exploration of psychoanlysis, its patients, practitioners and critics, from one of America's most respected and most controversial journalists.
A fascinating exploration of psychoanlysis, its patients, practitioners and critics, from one of America's most respected and most controversial journalists.

Product details

ISBN
9781783784530
Published
2018-01-04
Publisher
Granta Books
Weight
140 gr
Height
200 mm
Width
132 mm
Thickness
12 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
192

Author

Biographical note

Janet Malcolm's books include Reading Chekhov, In the Freud Archives, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, The Journalist and the Murderer and Forty-One False Starts. Born in Prague, she grew up in New York, where she now lives.