{"product_id":"dreaming-for-freud-isbn-9780143125198","title":"Dreaming for Freud","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning author reimagines one of Freud’s most famous and controversial cases. \u003cb\u003e Sheila Kohler's memoir \u003ci\u003eOnce We Were Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e is now available.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed for her spare prose and exceptional psychological insights in her novels \u003ci\u003eBecoming Jane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove Child\u003c\/i\u003e, Sheila Kohler’s latest is inspired by Sigmund Freud’s \u003ci\u003eDora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eDreaming for Freud\u003c\/i\u003e paints a provocative and sensual portrait of one of history’s most famous patients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the fall of 1900, Dora’s father forces her to begin treatment with the doctor. Visiting him daily, the seventeen-year-old girl lies on his ottoman and tells him frankly about her strange life, and above all about her father's desires as far as she is concerned. But Dora abruptly ends her treatment after only eleven weeks, just as Freud was convinced he was on the cusp of a major discovery. In \u003ci\u003eDreaming for Freud\u003c\/i\u003e, Kohler explores what might have happened between the man who changed the face of psychotherapy and the beautiful young woman who gave him her dreams.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDreaming for Freud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Sheila Kohler is a gifted story teller, as this her latest attests. \u003ci\u003eDreaming for Freud\u003c\/i\u003e is well-crafted, depicting two great, strong-willed characters: the forty-five year old Sigmund Freud and the feisty seventeen-year-old patient he made famous as Dora. Kohler reveals her secrets slowly, layer by layer, teaching us much about the early days of Freud’s ‘talking cure.’ Like any good mystery writer, she keeps us suspended until the very end. This is a compelling and very satisfying read.” —Selden Edwards, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Sheila Kohler has written a slyly subversive, subtle and sensuous revisionist interpretation of Sigmund Freud and his iconic Dora case that might be subtitled ‘The Analyst Analyzed.’”—Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Kohler reframes this controversial case, giving her protagonist a voice and letting readers see that the patient correctly assesses her doctor’s motivations even as he misunderstands hers. Reading about her stifling experience makes you want to cheer for today’s vocal, assertive young women....Kohler gives the girl the last word.” —Liesl Schillinger, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Freud’s insecurities, frustrations, self-absorption and longing...are sensitively evoked, as are Dora’s internal conflicts. As both the patient’s and the doctor’s vulnerabilities are exposed, the very nature of a person’s ‘story’ is called into question.” —Kirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In this meticulously researched novel, Kohler infuses Freud’s case report of his analysis of Dora with a richly imagined, entirely credible reading between the lines. Her effortless  prose is powerfully evocative of the characters, the times, and the essence of the unique relationship that we call psychoanalysis.” —David I. Joseph, M.D., George Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Known for her expressive writing and insightful explorations of her characters’ inner lives, Kohler is the ideal novelist to relate the story of Sigmund Freud and his best-known patient, the pseudonymous Dora....With delicate precision, Kohler traces their ongoing dynamic.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The sensual prose re-creates bourgeois 1900s Vienna and surrounding mountain resorts with a seductive lushness that draws the reader in. The author’s deftly perceptive characterizations, meanwhile—a nuance here, a reference there—create alternately sympathetic and frustrated reactions to both the patient and the doctor... an intelligent novel\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[The] pages of absorbing prose turn themselves, as we read through the lies, betrayal, and, of course, sex....An inventive piece of reimagining.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheila Kohler\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the author of thirteen works of fiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eBecoming Jane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCracks\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award made into a film starring Eva Green. She teaches at Princeton University and lives in New York City.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303334465765,"sku":"NP9780143125198","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143125198.jpg?v=1767725693","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dreaming-for-freud-isbn-9780143125198","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}