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- In this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, an acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst analyzes four escape artists--including Harry Houdini and Emily Dickinson--to meditate on the notion of escape in our society and in ourselves.
- About the Author: ADAM PHILLIPS is the author of Winnicott; On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; On Flirtation; Terrors and Experts; Monogamy; The Beast in the Nursery; Darwin's Worms; and Promises, Promises.
- 192 Pages
- Psychology, Movements
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About the Book
In this insightful book, acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst Phillips meditates on the notion of escape in society and in the self. By analyzing four examples of escape artists, Phillips enables readers to identify the escape artists lurking within themselves.Book Synopsis
In this uniquely brilliant and insightful book, an acclaimed essayist and psychoanalyst analyzes four escape artists--including Harry Houdini and Emily Dickinson--to meditate on the notion of escape in our society and in ourselves."Provocative ... lucid and engaging ... a pleasure to read." --The Washington Post
No one can escape the desire and need to escape. By analyzing four examples of escape artists--a young girl who hides from others by closing her eyes; a grown man incapable of a relationship; Emily Dickinson, recluse extraordinaire; and Harry Houdini, the quintessential master of escape--Phillips enables readers to identify the escape artists lurking within themselves. Lucid, erudite, and audacious, Houdini's Box is another scintillating and seminal work by one of the world's most dazzlingly original thinkers.
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"Provocative ... lucid and engaging ... a pleasure to read." --The Washington Post "A rare achievement--as remarkable a piece of tightrope walking as Houdini ever performed himself." --London Daily Telegraph "Illuminating and intriguing." --BookPage "Fascinating." --Entertainment Weekly
About the Author
ADAM PHILLIPS is the author of Winnicott; On Kissing, Tickling, and Being Bored; On Flirtation; Terrors and Experts; Monogamy; The Beast in the Nursery; Darwin's Worms; and Promises, Promises. Formerly the principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, he lives in England.Dimensions (Overall): 8.08 Inches (H) x 5.08 Inches (W) x .52 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 192
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Movements
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Theme: Psychoanalysis
Format: Paperback
Author: Adam Phillips
Language: English
Street Date: August 13, 2002
TCIN: 94476157
UPC: 9780375706233
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-1789
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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