Das Geheimnis der Cellistin

by François Lelord, Ralf Pannowitsch (Übersetzer)

Der Erfinder von Hector beweist einmal mehr sein untrügliches Gespür für das, was die Menschen im Innersten bewegt. Er öffnet die Tür seiner Praxis und schildert zehn merkwürdige Fälle aus seinem Alltag als Psychiater in diesem sehr persönlichen Buch. Spannend wie die Fälle von Oliver Sacks, poetisch wie die Geschichten von Hector: François Lelord erzählt die interessantesten Fälle aus seinem Leben als Psychiater. Da ist die junge Frau, die nur noch mit Handschuhen das Haus verlässt und nichts zu berühren wagt. Da sind der Student, der Stimmen hört, und die Cellistin, die unter Angststörungen leidet. Lelord fühlt sich in seine Patienten ein, stellt die Diagnose und erklärt dem Leser die Geheimnisse der menschlichen Psyche.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, France

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

François Lelord, born 22 June 1953 in Paris is a French psychiatrist and author. He studied medicine and psychology. After getting his doctoral degree in 1985, he was a post-doctorate researcher with Robert Liberman at the University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles. He then worked as an attending physician at Hôpital Necker (which is affiliated with Descartes University) in Paris for two years.
In 1989 he opened up his own practice which he closed down in 1996 to work as an advisor on stress and job satisfaction for several companies. Having co-written various self-help books, he was commissioned to produce another but found himself instead writing a novel, Hector and the Search for Happiness, the first in a series of adventures featuring a psychiatrist protagonist. In 2004, Lelord went to work for an NGO in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. He now lives in Thailand with his wife and son. The film of Hector and the Search for Happiness is released in UK cinemas in August 2014, starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.