Granta 71: Shrinks

by Ian Jack and Granta: The Magazine of New Writing

Book Overview

The talking-cure, otherwise known as analysis or therapy. Invented in Vienna, c. 1866. Most celebrated exponents: Sigmund Freud, Jerry Springer. Favorite question: Can you tell me a little more about that? Diseases normally addressed: unhappiness, personal torment. Efficacy: contested. Effect on the written word: vast.This issue of Granta is devoted to the kinks and twists of the human mind, and their treatments. With Paul Auster, Amit Chaudhuri,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929001010
• ISBN13: 9781929001019
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Granta Books (Uk)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"