Ferdinando Camon Livres

Ostensibly a satirical look at psychoanalysis and its practitioners, this novel is also a serious social critique of modern man. Camon's narrator consults a series of therapists, searching for the source of his mysterious maladies. Camon draws parallels between his narrator's experiences and the experiences of Man in a morally disintegrating Italy. From his depcitions of pompous therapists to his analysis of the intersection of church and state, Camon's wit and wisdom shine.

Un médecin parisien, déçu et fatigué par sa vie dissolue, s'installe dans un village de Savoie où, avec engagement et dévouement, il s'applique à améliorer la vie de la communauté, qui le récompense en l'élisant maire. La reconstruction du petit univers du village, la description de ses intérieurs et des coutumes paysannes, ainsi que les longues conversations du médecin-maire offrent des pages intenses et efficaces, donnant vie à une grande variété de portraits, de profils détaillés et de simples esquisses.

Story which centers on the plight of a young couple who were unable to have children for a period of 6 years. When the wife finally conceives their obsession with having the "perfect" baby results in creating a hopeless situation for the couple.