Conversations With Freud : A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts

Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Freud, this fictionalized conversation presents the essential biography of the father of psychoanalysis.

Sigmund Freud was no stranger to controversy. He shocked many with his revolutionary theories on human development, desires and sexuality, and transformed the way we think about ourselves today.

Starting with a brilliant foreword from renowned psychologist Edward de Bono, the book is then divided into two parts: a biographical essay that provides a concise overview of Freud's life, achievements, theories and controversies; and a Q&A dialogue based on rigorous research and incorporating Freud's actual spoken or written words whenever possible. D.M. Thomas carefully guides us through Freud's life and theories that would lead to him become the father of psychoanalysis. In frank conversation, full of energy and spiced with cynicism and wit, he'll interpret your wildest fantasies and strangest dreams, and even let you in on a few family secrets.

D.M. Thomas is a distinguished novelist, a poet and biographer. He has written 15 novels, including the bestselling The White Hotel.

Edward de Bono is a renowned psychologist and physician. He pioneered the concept of lateral thinking in the 1960s and conducts lectures all over the world on the subject.