A volume in the Contemporary Theory Series edited by Frances RestucciaAn interdisciplinary collection of essays that critically reflect on the value and limits of psychoanalysis for conceptualizing tr
At the beginning of World War II, Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, famous musicians, Hilde, a young film extra, and Vladek, an Eastern European adventurer wanted by the police on political charges,
During working hours, Mario is a dutiful bureaucrat, scrupulously earning his paycheck as an employee of the provincial Spanish town where he lives. But when he walks through the door of his apartmen
Even if it blows your mind, I want to tell you about this unbelievable thing that happened to me last year. I'm not bragging, but things as unbelievable as the one I'm going to tell you about don't ha
When Nanaji was shown Naneeji's photograph, he looked at it for a long time. He had said "no" so often that it was surprising when he looked up and said "yes" just like that. They were married a mont
“Don’t thank me for your survival, thank your valiant Stern and Pemper, who stared death in the face constantly.”—Oskar Schindler in a speech to his released Jewish workers in May 1945.Steven Spielber
It is 1953 in Canvey Island. Len and Auntie Vi are dancing, he in polished shoes and slicked hair, she in fur stole and long gloves. They move lightly, with an easy sway. Uncle George sits and watche
A landmark biography of the most famous Italian journalist of the twentieth century, an inspiring and often controversial woman who defied the codes of reportage and established the "La Fallaci" style
After the fall of communism, Russia was in a state of shock. The sudden and dramatic change left many people adrift and uncertain—but also full of a tentative but tenacious hope. Returning again and a
Winner of the 2007 Gradiva Award and the 2006 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic ScholarshipThe definitive biography of one of the most engaging figures of British psychoanalysis.Both gifted analyst and
Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this best-selling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable c
A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange GardensOn a day like any other, Andreas cha
"There are at Least Half a Million Reasons-the number of prostate cancer diagnoses in the U.S. and Europe-To Read this Engaging Diary/Resource written from the alternating perspectives of doctor and
On a family sheep farm in the interior of Australia, a brother and sister work the land while their reclusive brother, Wesley Antill, spends years toiling away in one of the sheds, writing his philoso
THE SONGS follows Iz Herzl, famed political activist and protest singer, who has always told his children that it is the future not the past they should concentrate on. Now, at 80, an almost forgotten
A neurologist's insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders, told through individual case histories It's happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red
Contains eight contributions, each of which provides a detailed analysis of a given Lacanian idea, with attention to the theoretical and/or practical context in which Lacan introduced it, the way in w
This is a transcription of Harari's 1987 seminar upon the subject(s) of Lacan's unpublished seminar L'Angoisse , delivered from 1962-63, which was perhaps the cause of Lacan's exclusion from the appr
Recipient of the Independent Publishers Award for Historical Fiction (Gold Medal), the Foreword Book of the Year Award for Historical Fiction (Bronze Medal), and an honorable mention in the category o
