The Passions Of The Mind: A Novel Of Sigmund Freud
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At the turn of the twentieth century, a young Viennese physician named Sigmund Freud dared to peer into the darkest corridors of the human mind — and in doing so, forever altered the course of history. The Passions of the Mind is Irving Stone's monumental biographical novel that chronicles the life and revolutionary genius of the father of psychoanalysis, tracing his journey from ambitious medical student to the architect of a discipline that would redefine how humanity understands itself. Stone reconstructs Freud's world with extraordinary richness — his intellectual battles against a sceptical medical establishment, his passionate marriage to Martha Bernays, his groundbreaking work with patients suffering from hysteria, and the painstaking development of the talking cure — all rendered with the vivid immediacy of lived experience. Stone, celebrated for transforming the lives of towering historical figures into luminous narrative prose — as demonstrated in his iconic Lust for Life and The Agony and the Ecstasy — brings that same meticulous research and compassionate storytelling to Freud's complex inner world. The novel presents a deeply human portrait of a man perpetually at war with convention, driven by an insatiable need to uncover the unconscious truths buried beneath the surface of everyday life. Readers are left to wonder: what ultimate cost does a man pay when his greatest instrument of discovery is his own restless, brilliant mind?
Author: Irving Stone
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Cassell - London
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At the turn of the twentieth century, a young Viennese physician named Sigmund Freud dared to peer into the darkest corridors of the human mind — and in doing so, forever altered the course of history. The Passions of the Mind is Irving Stone's monumental biographical novel that chronicles the life and revolutionary genius of the father of psychoanalysis, tracing his journey from ambitious medical student to the architect of a discipline that would redefine how humanity understands itself. Stone reconstructs Freud's world with extraordinary richness — his intellectual battles against a sceptical medical establishment, his passionate marriage to Martha Bernays, his groundbreaking work with patients suffering from hysteria, and the painstaking development of the talking cure — all rendered with the vivid immediacy of lived experience. Stone, celebrated for transforming the lives of towering historical figures into luminous narrative prose — as demonstrated in his iconic Lust for Life and The Agony and the Ecstasy — brings that same meticulous research and compassionate storytelling to Freud's complex inner world. The novel presents a deeply human portrait of a man perpetually at war with convention, driven by an insatiable need to uncover the unconscious truths buried beneath the surface of everyday life. Readers are left to wonder: what ultimate cost does a man pay when his greatest instrument of discovery is his own restless, brilliant mind?