"I can't," I told him. "I can't!" "Are you sure?" he asked. "Yes. I would really like to stand in front of her and tell her how I feel... But I know I can't." The Fat Man sat like Buddha on those dreadful blue armchairs in his office. He smiled, looked me in the eyes, and, lowering his voice as he did every time he wanted to be listened to carefully, said to me: "Let me tell you a story..." And without waiting for my agreement, Jorge began to narrate.
Demian is a restless young student trying to discover himself. His quests lead him to the 'Fat Man,' a very eccentric psychologist who helps him confront life and find answers to his questions in a very original way: in each meeting, he narrates a story, either classic or modern, 'Eastern' or 'Western,' stemming from the oral folk tradition or directly from the Fat Man's imagination.
The stories begin to function as parables, and Demian calms his anxieties and insecurities, maturing rather than finding 'ready-made solutions' and 'recipes for happiness'... The relationships between the therapist and the patient are also not conventional or predictable. Quarrels, disagreements, sympathy, dislike, hatred, and love are freely expressed, thus creating two unique literary heroes with flesh and blood, endearing and familiar to the reader.
There is no connection here with the stereotype of the psychoanalytic couch and the horizontal sufferer. The dialogue and the exchange of experiences and opinions, enriched with exceptional storytelling, place Let Me Tell You a Story in the category of literary books, regardless of whether it is globally categorized under the label: 'Self-awareness and self-help books.'
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
Manufacturer
- Author
- Jorge Bucay
- Publisher
- Opera
- Original Title
- Déjame que te cuente...
- Award
- -
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- Stories that taught me how to live
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 238
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789608397156
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