On May 15, 1945, Pablo Picasso makes a frantic request for his psychiatrist Jacques Lacan to come to the aid of his estranged muse Dora Maar ("The Weeping Woman"). Suffering from a severe mental breakdown, she is treated under Lacan's care for ten days, but neither discussed it after nor left a written account. This historical novel imagines what happened during those ten days, culminating in shocking revelations in the world of art, psychoanalysis, and obsession.
Vox Nocturnus (Voice in the Night)
In this sequel to Todd Shimoda's novel
The Fourth Treasure which was translated into seven languages, the main character Tina Suzuki is now a professor in neuroscience and is on the cutting edge of consciousness research. Her husband, a celebrity psychoanalyst with superstar clients, is writing a book that re-interprets Freud's book on interpreting dreams. When he asks Tina to endorse the book, underlying conflicts arise not only threatening their relationship, but with their daughter and Tina's mother, Hanako, another main character from
The Fourth Treasure. More importantly, Tina's image of herself is threatened, even as she makes a stunning discovery about human consciousness.
That Year She Read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams
Hell Scrolls
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