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The Examined Life How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Hardcover • 2013 • English

The Examined Life How We Lose and Find Ourselves

By Stephen Grosz

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About the book

** As heard on Book of the Week, Radio 4 ** 'This book is about change.' We are all storytellers u we make stories to make sense of our lives. But it is not enough to tell tales. There must be someone to listen. In his work as a practising psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. The Examined Life distils over 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon. This extraordi...Show more

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ISBN

9780701185350

Publisher

Chatto & Windus

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

The Examined Life How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Format

Hardcover

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