by D. M. Thomas · Penguin UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140060324
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«The White Hotel» is the contemporary fiction novel by D. M. Thomas, published by Penguin UK in paperback (240 pages, in English).
The narrative follows the treatment of Lisa Erdman, a fictional patient of Sigmund Freud who visits his practice in 1919 with chronic pains and some erotic writings. Between the clinical history and fantasy, the novel interweaves sexuality, violence and memory, culminating as a poetic reflection on the catastrophe that ran through the 20th century.
The edition is the King Penguin one and the work was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in psychoanalysis and the mark of the 20th century on literature.
