Through Clouds of Smoke: Freud’s Final Days

Suzanne Leclair

Description

In 1923, Sigmund Freud, 67 years old and an inveterate cigar smoker, discovers that he has mouth cancer, a truth long hidden from him by doctors. Despite his diagnosis, Freud survived 15 more years, convinced the cigars that were slowly destroying him increased his productivity and gave him control over himself.
At the same time, a different sort of cancer was consuming Europe. In 1933, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, annexing Freud's home country of Austria five years later. His books burning upon fascist pyres and his peers concerned for his life, Freud had no choice but to leave Vienna for London, his final home.
With accuracy and sobriety, Suzanne Leclair and William Roy reveal a raw and nuanced portrait of the controversial father of psychoanalysis in his last days.

Sujets

• Historial Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Life Drawn
• Date de parution: 05 décembre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781643379708
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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