Deirdre Bair is een gevierde biografe wiens werk diepgaande inzichten biedt in het leven en de geest van uitzonderlijke individuen. Haar meesterlijke vertelkunst trekt lezers mee in de complexiteit van de menselijke psychologie en het creatieve proces. Bair richt zich op het ontrafelen van de motivaties en filosofieën van haar onderwerpen, waarbij ze niet alleen portretten creëert, maar ook diepgaande literaire analyses. Haar werken worden gewaardeerd om hun precisie, verhalende kracht en vermogen om de essentiële krachten te onthullen die de levens en nalatenschappen van belangrijke kunstenaars en denkers vormgeven.
Freud's 'crown prince', Carl Gustav Jung eventually abandoned Freud's theory to form his own. As Freud's influence has waned, Jung's ideas have gained currency. This biography considers his life and ideas, exploring the accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny by examining his own writings.
This definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of the great minds of the 20th century, and surely, one of the most famously unconventional figures of her generation. "As a reference work . . . Simone de Beauvoir can be considered definitive."--The Atlantic. 16-page photographic insert.
Biography of controversial author Anaïs Nin, known for her erotic books and many affairs, especially the one with fellow writer Henry Miller, with information taken from Nin's extensive diaries and interviews with family, friends, and enemies
Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants.