Irving Stone "Passions Latent or the Life of Sigmund Freud".

Author: Irving Stone Title: Hidden Passions: The Life of Sigmund Freud Year of publication: 2009 Description: Everyone probably knows that Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis, and in most cases, that is the extent of our knowledge on the subject. Yet such a colorful, complex life, lived during the no less colorful and turbulent years at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, is hard to come by. Stone recounts the story of the father of psychoanalysis without omitting any aspect of his life. From Sigmund the son, father, husband, and doctor, he pieces together the portrait of a fascinating man from tiny fragments. What strikes one about Freud is the perspective from which he viewed the world—one that transcended the boundaries of his time—his admirable determination, his detachment from the world and all adversity, his passion, genius, and madness. Although this is a biography, its fictionalized form and accessible language turn the book into a story in which the author, with undisguised affection for Freud, infects the reader with admiration and enthusiasm.