The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves - Softcover

Grosz, Stephen

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Synopsis

An extraordinary book for anyone eager to understand the hidden motives that shape our lives.

We are all storytellers―we create stories to make sense of our lives. A moving collection of short, personal encounters between a psychoanalyst and his patients, The Examined Life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding, and human of experiences. Ultimately, these stories show us not only how we love ourselves but how we might find ourselves.

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About the Author

Stephen Grosz is a practicing psychoanalyst who has worked with patients for more than twenty-five years. Born in America, educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Oxford University, he now lives in London.

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