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Lying on the Couch: A Novel
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Lying on the Couch: A Novel Paperback - 2020 - 1st Edition

by Yalom, Irvin D

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The highly respected author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzche Wept combines the authenticity of case history with the true artistry of fiction to create a novel in which an idealistic San Francisco therapist "invents" a new therapy--and outwits the scroundrels and skeptics who would do him in.

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Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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  • Title Lying on the Couch: A Novel
  • Author Yalom, Irvin D
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial Modern Classics, New York
  • Date 2020-11-10
  • Bookseller's Inventory # M06O-00727
  • ISBN 9780060928513 / 0060928514
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 5.1 x 0.93 in (21.03 x 12.95 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Psychotherapists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96007377
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

First line

Three times a week for the past five years, Justin Astrid had started his day with a visit to Dr. Ernest Lash.

From the rear cover

From the bestselling author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept comes a provocative exploration of the unusual relationships three therapists form with their patients. Seymour is a therapist of the old school who blurs the boundary of sexual propriety with one of his clients. Marshal, who is haunted by his own obsessive-compulsive behaviors, is troubled by the role money plays in his dealings with his patients. Finally, there is Ernest Lash. Driven by his sincere desire to help and his faith in psychoanalysis, he invents a radically new approach to therapy -- a totally open and honest relationship with a patient that threatens to have devastating results.

Exposing the many lies that are told on and off the psychoanalyst's couch, Lying on the Couch gives readers a tantalizing, almost illicit, glimpse at what their therapists might really be thinking during their sessions. Fascinating, engrossing and relentlessly intelligent, it ultimately moves readers with a denouement of surprising humanity and redemptive faith.

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