Schopenhauer's Porcupines
Intimacy and Its Dilemmas
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7593657M
- ISBN-139780465042876
- ISBN-100465042872
- OCLC Control Number47916093
- Internet Archiveschopenhauerspor0000luep
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001043499
- Goodreads19507
- LibraryThing313486
Classifications
- LCCRC489.P72 L84 2003
- LCCRC489.P72L84 2003
Description
"Are human beings destined to find perfect complements in love or are we more like the fabled porcupines - forever jostling for a place between painful involvement and loveless isolation? That is the question at the heart of this stunning new book. "People seek therapy when things have gone terribly wrong in their lives," observes Deborah Anna Luepnitz, a gifted therapist and a writer of uncommon talent. "They arrive in the grip of a death wish or some unspeakable obsession, but what is at stake always turns out to be intimacy - the endless dilemmas of loyalty and desire."" "Schopenhauer's Porcupines recounts five stories from Luepnitz's practice, with patients who range from the super-rich to the homeless - as they grapple with panic attacks, psychosomatic illness, marital despair and sexual recklessness. Intimate, original and triumphantly funny, Schopenhauer's Porcupines goes further than any other book in unveiling the secrets of "how talking helps.""--Jacket.
First Sentence
IT IS A CLEAR London morning, unusually bright for November, and I am making my way to number 20 Maresfield Gardens.
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