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Becoming Myself: Best Books Yalom

Autor Irvin Yalom
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en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 oct 2017
'I have been a Yalom fan for the longest time - I always admired the deftness of his stories, the insights that came out of his obvious compassion and love for his characters. Of course psychiatrists are expected to have such insights, but it's not the rule that they can convey that as beautifully as Yalom does in his fiction. I've always wondered, as any reader would wonder, about the author, about the balance between the professional and the personal, and how out of that alchemy the writing emerged. Finally, in Becoming Myself, we have the answer and it is wonderful, compelling and as insightful about its subject and about the times he lived in as you could hope for. A fabulous read' - Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

'Irvin D. Yalom is the psychiatrist who thinks like a philosopher and writes like the fine novelist he also happens to be. Becoming Myself delivers not only the engrossing story of one exceptional individual's life, it shines with revelations regarding life as it ought to be lived' - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex; Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

'I loved reading Becoming Myself, having been a huge fan of Irvin D. Yalom for many years. This is the book we've been waiting for from him, his own deep journey into the self. This intimate and vivid narrative should, in fact, help readers to interrogate their own lives: Yalom shows us what an unflinching, clear-eyed self-analysis might look like. This is a book to read and reread for years to come, a memorable journey through Yalom's time and ours' - Jay Parini, author of The Last Station and New and Collected Poems: 1975-2015

'Near the end of Becoming Myself, Irvin Yalom claims to be "a novice at growing old" - to which I say, "Oh, please! - you're as good at it as you have been at everything else". This is a candid, insightful memoir by one of the world's most important and accomplished experts on the human soul' - Daniel Menaker, author of The Treatment and My Mistake: A Memoir
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780349410067
ISBN-10: 0349410062
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: Black and white integrated photographs
Dimensiuni: 164 x 246 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
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Descriere

'I was born in Washington, DC, June 13, 1931, of parents who immigrated from Russia shortly after the first world war. Home was the inner city of Washington - a small apartment atop my parents' grocery store on First and Seaton Street. During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor, black neighbourhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge and, twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies'.

Irvin Yalom is a gifted and lyrical writer whose memoir traces his life, from the apartment above his parents' grocery store to a world stage via the intimacy of his consulting room. The memoir includes his self-analysis and is interwoven with vignettes from patients whose stories have played such a central role in his life.

For his legion of fans, and anyone interested in the human psyche, this book is not to be missed.


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