Frink & Freud: Le Patient américain

by Pierre Péju, Lionel Richerand (Artist)

Pierre Péju et Lionel Richerand nous dévoilent une histoire peu connue de la psychanalyse : la rencontre de Freud et de son patient américain Horace Frink. Frink l’élève brillant, l’athlète, le représentant exacte du Nouveau monde et de ses possibles, qui sera tour à tour disciple et cheval de Troie pour gagner la conquête de la prude Amérique. Frink qui sera surtout cas d’école et sujet, piloté par Freud qui influera sur son divorce, son remariage avec la puissante Angelika Bijur (héritière de General Motors) et son implantation à la tête de Société psychanalytique américaine.

Genres: Graphic Novels

213 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 12, 2021

About the author

Pierre Peju was born into a family of booksellers from Lyons. He read philosophy at the Sorbonne, and while he was a student, he became involved in the famous demonstrations of May 1968. Pierre Peju is a teacher of Philosophy at the Lycee International of Grenoble. He is also the Director of Studies at the International College of Philosophy.

Pierre Peju is the author of ''The Girl from the Chartreuse'', published as ''La Petite Chartreuse'' in Peju’s native France, and this was also the title of the movie of the book, which was released in 2005. This novel received great acclaim in France, and won the Prix du Livre Inter for 2003. He is also the author of ''Clara’s Tale''(2007).

Reviews

[Alloverthebooks ✎]

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J’ai un avis un peu mitigé concernant cette BD, car selon moi, il y avait des manques qui n’ont pas été comblés par d’autres aspects.
Premièrement, j’ai trouvé qu’en effet, nous passons au travers de l’univers de Freud et de Frink, mais ce n’était pas assez approfondi. Il est logique de romancer parfois pour capter le lectorat, mais la finalité n’est pas vraiment à la hauteur de mes attentes. J’aurais aimé un approfondissement sur les aspects de la psychanalyse ou sur les névroses tout simplement, mais l’auteur est passé à côté de ça. Ce qui est fort dommage, car je m’étais lancée dans la lecture pour combler cette attente que j’avais concernant les analyses.
Deuxièmement, je n’ai absolument pas accroché avec le style des illustrations. Je pense qu’il y a des adeptes de ce style, mais personnellement, je suis passée à côté. J’ai dû reprendre ma lecture plusieurs fois.
Ces deux gros points négatifs ont fait que je n’ai pas accroché à la BD, malgré tout, il faut reconnaître que sans les attentes que je pouvais avoir, j’aurais certainement passé un meilleur moment lors de ma lecture. Donc je conseille cette BD aux personnes qui veulent juste un aspect romanesque de Freud et de Frink. Je pense que la BD pourra trouver facilement un public, mais uniquement si celle-ci n’a pas trop d’attente sur la psychanalyse.

[Fanny · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Charlotte Paris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple yet effectivement drawing. Really enjoyed the black and white and that smoke allegory throughout the book. Interesting angle on freud's life.

[Johanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A disturbing bit of history with an equally disturbing visual style in which the lead character looks like an undercooked lump of dough. Well-done, but I'm not sure what the point was, other than to leave me very sad about how many people were hurt by others' actions.

[Rod · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una novela gráfica excelente, en la que se revisa con mirada crítica una serie de eventos complejos, prácticamente desconocidos y quizá oscuros en los albores del Psicoanálisis en los Estados Unidos.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork is stunning but the (hi)story makes for an odd focus for a graphic novel. I don’t think this is the right medium for this material. Or maybe it’s just a narrative that doesn’t illuminate much, regardless of the format.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super well done! A nice surprise to encounter at the end of the year here. A little niche but a key moment in the history of psychoanalysis and its shift from Europe to the US. Any little light on the deep roots of our collective bipolar social development helps...

[Bob Stains · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unremittingly depressing and pointless. The only redeeming parts of the book were the endnotes about the pioneers of psychoanalysis.

[Aabha Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is psychotherapy a farce? Does anyone know anyone who was actually helped by being psychoanalysed. Please do tell me if you do. Doesn’t this whole method put too much weight on the goodness of the analyst who is only human.

The drawings in here are lovely, dark black and white monsters, smoke, bulging eyes, lovely women, parents morphing into monsters.. strangely the background furniture is really eye catching- I found myself admiring a lamp or two.

The case of Frink is interesting. Troubled therapist’s affair with rich beautiful patient leads to inevitable disaster. Somehow affairs in a therapeutic setting seem to quite the norm in this era. Is that why modern therapy can seem so cold and impersonal sometimes? No sexual intensity, so no healing? Or was this whole thing made up by a bunch of guys as a way of getting laid wi the women they couldn’t dream of otherwise.

Oh sure there’s things Freud got right, almost as many as he got wrong. Make of that what you will.

[DonJulio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Depressing. And really relevant? Or insightful?
The art is nice though.