A curable romantic a novel
When Dr. Jakob Josef Sammelsohn arrives in Vienna in the 1890s, he happens to meet Sigmund Freud, has a series of affairs, is haunted by the ghost of his abandoned wife, and eventually ends up in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. His Candide-like adventures illuminate a Europe moving between a new scientif...
| Main Author: | Skibell, Joseph. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill, NC :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
When Dr. Jakob Josef Sammelsohn arrives in Vienna in the 1890s, he happens to meet Sigmund Freud, has a series of affairs, is haunted by the ghost of his abandoned wife, and eventually ends up in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. His Candide-like adventures illuminate a Europe moving between a new scientific age and age-old superstitions and beliefs. |
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| Physical Description: |
593 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781565129290 1565129296 |