This is an original first novel of an accomplished poet: erotic, humorous, exotic and sensuous. It describes the adventures of two young writers, set in the midst of political repression, anti-Semitism and violence during the Latin American dictatorships of Brazil and Argentina in the 60s. Kohon's text might be deceptively read as personal reminisc
A novel that describes the adventures of two young writers, set in the midst of political repression, anti-Semitism and violence during the Latin American dictatorships of Brazil and Argentina in the 60s.
Chapter 1 - 1966 1,
Chapter 2 - 1971 ,
Chapter 3 - 1986, A note on Translation
Gregorio Kohon is a Fellow and Training Analyst of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and works in London in private practice. He edited 'The British School of Psychoanalysis: The Independent Tradition', and 'The Dead Mother: The Work of Andre Green'. He also published 'No Lost Certainties to be Recovered'; 'Love and its Vicissitudes' (co-authored with Andre Green), and 'Reflections on the Aesthetic Experience: Psychoanalysis and the Uncanny' (2015). He is also a poet and a writer. His new book, 'British Psychoanalysis - An Independent Tradition' is to be published in 2018.
