Window

Author: (French) Pentalis/Meng Mei
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: As a student and philosophy professor of Sartre, the author of The Window, the psychoanalyst Pentalis co-authored The Lexicon of Psychoanalysis with colleague Labouchere, which has an irreplaceable influence on the development of contemporary French psychoanalysis. However, the author steps away from academia here. The Window places unique trust in dreams. Starting with the praise of windows, it concludes with the vibrant colors of the clearing in the woods. The thoughts in between, the encounters of then and now—all are revealed in the imagery of dreams, flowing from the mouths of patients undergoing psychoanalysis. Each short story could almost be a standalone novel: an elderly woman who has lost her memory, a man who rages at his own body organs, the name of a flower, a sleeping beauty, a sentence in a book that can ensnare you. The taste of childhood, memories and forgetfulness, the joys and sorrows of life, tears and sobs. On every page and every line, we are amazed by the meticulousness and accuracy, bringing us as close as possible to reality, while never ignoring the emotions, subtleties, and the lingering homesickness for a "homeland" that will never return.