Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision

"Finally, the Freud biography we have long been waiting for."–Sophie Freud, Freud's granddaughter and Professor Emeritus of Social Work, Simmons College

More Praise for Freud: Darkness in the midst of Vision

"Rich and readable . . . a thoughtfully complex account of a great but flawed man. . . absolutely fascinating."–Judith Viorst, author, Necessary Losses and Imperfect Control

"A foray into the past that matters a great deal."–The New York Times Book Review

"Masterly . . . this landmark work conveys a new sense of one of the great flawed men and movements of the last century."–Library Journal (starred review)

"Groundbreaking . . . Freudian analysis (literally) at its best."–Booklist

"Perceptive . . . Breger's sane and lucid study must henceforth count among the indispensable books on Freud."–Times Literary Supplement

"Highly readable . . . Breger maintains a judiciously skeptical distance from Freud and Freud's own self-mythologizing, yet never loses sympathy for the man himself."–J. M. Coetzee, winner of the Booker Prize