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The Incurable Romantic: And Other Tales of Madness and Desire

Frank Tallis
3.95/5 (679 ratings)
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"Writer and subject were rarely better matched. This is a brilliant, compelling book."--Ian McEwan
In The Incurable Romantic, Frank Tallis recounts the extraordinary stories of patients who are, quite literally, madly in a woman becomes utterly convinced that her dentist is secretly infatuated with her and drives him to leave the country; a man destroys his massive fortune through trysts with over three thousand prostitutes--because his ego requires that they fall in love with him; a beautiful woman's pathological jealousy destroys the men who love her. Along the way, we learn a great deal about the history of psychiatry and the role of neuroscience in addressing disordered love. Elegantly written and infused with deep sympathy, The Incurable Romantic shows how all of us can become a bit crazy in love.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
292 pages
Publication:
2018
Publisher:
Basic Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1541617533
ISBN13:
9781541617537
kindle Asin:
B078W5DKNJ

The Incurable Romantic: And Other Tales of Madness and Desire

Frank Tallis
3.95/5 (679 ratings)
Read Download
"Writer and subject were rarely better matched. This is a brilliant, compelling book."--Ian McEwan
In The Incurable Romantic, Frank Tallis recounts the extraordinary stories of patients who are, quite literally, madly in a woman becomes utterly convinced that her dentist is secretly infatuated with her and drives him to leave the country; a man destroys his massive fortune through trysts with over three thousand prostitutes--because his ego requires that they fall in love with him; a beautiful woman's pathological jealousy destroys the men who love her. Along the way, we learn a great deal about the history of psychiatry and the role of neuroscience in addressing disordered love. Elegantly written and infused with deep sympathy, The Incurable Romantic shows how all of us can become a bit crazy in love.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
292 pages
Publication:
2018
Publisher:
Basic Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1541617533
ISBN13:
9781541617537
kindle Asin:
B078W5DKNJ

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