‘Those who want to see the day-to-day lives of human beings in the crisis regions of the Middle East – lives that don’t make the news – should read Navid Kermani’s sensitive reporting. Reports you won’t soon forget.’
‘A captivating account of one of the most enigmatic figures in history. This beautifully written and well-documented biography is creative non-fiction at its very best. Based on the facts as we know them, it reads like an enthralling novel.’
Patricia Fortini Brown, Professor Emerita of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
‘This beautiful poetic book is not only a unique portrait of Lacan by someone who knew him better than others, but is in itself a remarkable literary and autobiographical work. It draws us into the adventure of psychoanalysis, into a relationship with all its complexities, and into an era, described with an elegance and precision that we find so rarely today.’