Houdini's Box , by Adam Phillips, is a spectacular examination of mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. ' A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself.' ( Daily Telegraph )
This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world through a series of escapes; a man always in flight from women; and Emily Dickinson who spends her life in solitary confinement.
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Houdini's Box , by Adam Phillips, is a spectacular examination of mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. ' A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself.' ( Daily Telegraph )
This text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world through a series of escapes; a man always in flight from women; and Emily Dickinson who spends her life in solitary confinement.
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Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape, looking at the great Harry Houdini and a case history of a little girl obsessed with hide and seek; at the notoriously reclusive poet Emily Dickinson and a man who believes it is his destiny to always be in flight, whether from women or his analyst. This is Adam Phillip's most captivating book to date.
Critic Reviews
'Though Phillips' territory is complication, he reports back in the simplest of words. He is perhaps single-handedly continuing the tradition of the world's best essayists! Observer; 'A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself; Daily Telegraph
About the Author
Adam Phillips was formerly Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is the author of, most recently, Darwin's Worms, Promises, Promises, Equals and Houdini's Box, and he is the Series Editor of the new Penguin Freud translations.
Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape, looking at the great Harry Houdini and a case history of a little girl obsessed with hide and seek; at the notoriously reclusive poet Emily Dickinson and a man who believes it is his destiny to always be in flight, whether from women or his analyst. This is Adam Phillip's most captivating book to date.
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