Jean-Bertrand Pontalis était un philosophe, psychanalyste et écrivain français. Son œuvre se caractérise par une profonde exploration de la psyché humaine et des thèmes existentiels. À travers sa prose unique, il a scruté les complexités de la mémoire, du désir et des relations. Son apport littéraire a été salué par l'Académie française.
Winner of the Prix Femina and considered a masterpiece of autobiography, this is J. B. Pontalis' lyrical meditation on his own life. One of France's pre- eminent psychoanalysts, he is co-author of the classic The Language of Psychoanalysis and he has also been a member of the editorial committee of Les Temps Modernes.
At once a memoir and a personal version of the author's highly influential Language of Psychoanalysis, this title offers an autobiographical perspective on the private vocabularies that develop between analyst and patient.