Double-wolf
Castro, Brian, 1950-2005
Book
This text explores the world of Freud and the pilgrims that made their way to him. This novel takes as its premise the fact that Sergei Wespe, Freud's famous 'Wolfman' patient, was an aspiring writer, and adept at spinning tales. Was what he told Freud 'the truth' about his neurotic condition, or did he spin out an elaborate narrative to please Freud? If the latter, where does Freud's own 'narrative' or 'discourse', psychotherapy, stand? Based on research about the real Wolfman, Castro combines reality and imagination in a vivid tale that has the reading guessing: what is 'the truth'? At times salacious and at times outrageously funny, it questions the idea of the 'myths' that we consctruct to make sense of our world.
Main title:
Double-wolf / Brian Castro ; introduction by Katharine England.
Author:
Castro, Brian, 1950-, authorEngland, Katharine, writer of introduction
Work:
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Adelaide : Lythrum Press, 2005.©1993
Collation:
xvii, 201 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: Allen & Unwin, 1993.Bibliography: page 198.
Awards:
Winner of The Age fiction prize in 1991 and shortlisted for The Miles Franklin Award 1992.
ISBN:
9781921013058 (pbk)9781921013058 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
770015
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | CAST | Available |
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | CAST | Available |