Author : Elisabeth Steiner
Publisher : novum publishing
ISBN 13 : 1642683574
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)
Book Synopsis Leaving and arriving by : Elisabeth Steiner
Download or read book Leaving and arriving written by Elisabeth Steiner and published by novum publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bern after the Second World War, German war refugees, farmers in the Emmental, bizarre and quirky originals. The girl grows up privileged in a villa district. Her mother and father, both emotionally barren, are psychoanalytically trained doctors and idolize Sigmund Freud. This has far-reaching consequences. The reader experiences the young woman's turbulent intellectual and erotic development, her professional victories and defeats and her love affairs. As a psychotherapist, she fights against misery and for a better lot for refugees, for example in Rwanda and during the Balkan wars. The biography illustrates a fascinating piece of contemporary history. Open, self-critical and touching. The book was awarded the second prize of the Swiss Autobiography Award at the University of Zurich in 2023.