Like Wind, Like Wave-Fast Shipping

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An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflects insightfully on life and the commonexperiences that make us human.

“The brief pieces collected in this volume are asmuch short stories as they are essays as they are psychoanalytic studies. In everychapter, the stage is set for consideration of large matters—the nature of passion,the crucial role of illusion and disillusion in life, what constitutes heroism—butalways in relation to a very particular story from the author’s life, and alwaysa story told with the kind of charming humor that points us toward tolerance forand appreciation of the richness of humanity. There is a lovely and beguiling intimacyabout Stefano Bolognini’s prose, so that psychoanalytic concepts are never intrusionsof jargon, but rather ideas to conjure with, creatively.” —From the Foreword by OwenRenik

IN THESE TEN ESSAYS, Stefano Bolognini tells colorful stories from his life,from encounters with a giant Caucasian sheepdog and a martial arts master to a wanderingjourney through a remote Italian village, and draws out the meaning of these experiencesfor himself and his readers. Showcasing Bolognini’s gift for storytelling and hisremarkable insight, Like Wind, Like Wave marks a welcome return to psychoanalyticwriting as a subjective art.
as a subjective art.