Lives Examined

We are all storytellers - we tell stories to understand the lives we live. But telling is not enough: There must also be someone who listens. That's Stephen Grosz, the person listening.

"Being a prisoner of the things we think and do, being cornered by our impulses and stupid choices, falling into the trap of unhappiness or fear, being condemned by our own history; these are things that most of us experience in life. At such moments, we feel that we cannot move forward, but we believe that there is a way out. A patient of mine said, ' "I want to change, as long as I don't have to change," he said with all his naivety... This book is about change. Since change and the feeling of loss are interconnected - there is no change without loss - the book also talks about loss.

In this book, consisting of short texts distilled from thousands of hours of psychoanalysis sessions, Grosz reveals the hidden emotions behind the most surprising human behaviors. While doing this, he also manages to establish a literary language free of professional jargon.

The stories in the book are parts of our daily lives: They are about the people we love, the lies we tell, the changes we have to deal with, and age. All these stories tell us how we lose ourselves and how we can find ourselves.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 200

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yapı Kredi Publications

Number of Pages: 200

First Printing Year: 2014

Language Turkish