How can we sustain love when lurking rivals, imaginary or real, threaten to destroy our fragile state of happiness? How can we love freely when jealousy becomes more seductive than love itself? Isolat
Bluebird, or The Invention of Happiness is a novel based on the life of a French aristocrat of Irish origin, Henriette Lucy Dillon. Her beauty, wit, and lack of pretension made her a favorite of such
In early 2005, Richard Polsky decided to put his much-loved, hard-won Warhol Fright Wig, up for auction at Christie's. The market for contemporary art was robust and he was hoping to turn a profit. Hi
Blending elements of the surreal with carefully observed details of life in present-day Beijing, Jonathan Tel’s short stories offer a rich and highly entertaining guide to the city and its many and va
The little, leafy town of Rancho Esperanza has been a perfect place to live for over a century–a bastion of good, solid, Anglo-Saxon, Republican money. These founding fathers built their gracious esta
"One part Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, one part Paul Haggis's Crash, the rest is all David Trueba, modern day Madrid, and A Narrative that Pulsates with Longing, Lust, and Simmering Rage. Don't d
Phillip Lopate proves himself a master of the short novel in this inspired pairing of novellas portraying two less-than-perfect unions. In The Stoic's Marriage, Gordon, a Stoic with "a stunted capaci
On a quiet road just outside London, in the blue half-light of dusk, a fatal car accident takes the life of thirteen-year-old Laura Jenkins, and her death changes the lives of two families forever. Fo
When George Konrad was eleven, he, his sister, and two cousins fled to Budapest from the Hungarian countryside the day before deportations swept through his hometown. Ultimately, they were the only J
Somewhere along the coastline of Italy, a man passes his days in solitude and silence, tending a garden and reading books of travel and adventure. Through these simple routines he seeks to quiet the
An important new study of the clinical conundrum surrounding the publication of patient material.The publication, presentation, and discussion of case studies are essential to the dialogue of psychoan
Broken hearts, edgy nerves, tightened throats—our emotions grab and take hold of us. But if our emotions appear obvious to us, are they necessarily real or universal? This, of course, is what research
Largely revolving around the 1975-76 Le sinthome , seven essays explore the relatively obscure late work of Jacques Lacan. Presented by Thurston (languages and literature, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK), the essays explore the work from a variety of perspectives, discussing such topics as Lacan's linguistic encounter with James Joyce, his critique of Derrida, his treatment of sexual difference, and his self-critique of earlier writings. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
More than a hundred years after their first publication, Freud’s theories of dream interpretation occupy a firm place in the canon of Western thought. Since The Interpretation of Dreams appeared in 18
"Riveting while evocative of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Picnic at Hanging Rock, Kohler's writing is so smoothly confident and erotic that she has produced a tale resonant with a chilling power
Faced with a world in which unspeakable crimes not only went unpunished but were rewarded with glory, profit, and power, the Bosnians of all faiths who testify in this book were starkly confronted wi
Two leading psychoanalysts resolve the conflict between attachment theory and trauma theory.In From Death Instinct to Attachment Theory, Tomas Geyskens and Philippe Van Haute address a theoretical con
Hurry Down Sunshine tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's sudden visionary crack-up on the stree
In the Vilna ghetto during World War II, Nazi Commandant Schoger demands that all children be sent to the death camp. When Abraham Lipman pleads with him to spare their lives, Schoger reconsiders, an
One out of every two people will experience trauma, says psychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik, and one in ten will remain a prisoner of that suffering.Why are some children permanently damaged by difficult chi
