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The Other Side of Desire
The Other Side of Desire
Oct 31, 2024 9:30 AM

Author:Daniel Bergner

The Other Side of Desire

Jacob is a man with an overwhelming attraction to female feet. The Baroness is a clothing designer and evangelical sadist. Roy is a wedding band singer entranced by his step daughter. Ron and Laura are simply in love - only Laura lost both her legs in a car accident, and Ron is beguiled by a beauty many would be blind to.

How do we deal with desire? Our own, and the desires of others? How do we comprehend desires that are extreme, or unacceptable? And how do those who have them, live with them?

In A Map of Desire Daniel Bergner takes us on a journey into human passion suffered, endured, and celebrated. Desire is a sometimes anarchic, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes destructive, sometimes redeeming, and always powerful force.Immersing himself in it through the people whose lives he follows and the scientists he spends time with who are trying to understand it, slowly he exposes and illuminates layers of our humanity.

Reviews

Her pages are packed with provocative observations and cunning insights. I'd highly recommend this fascinating book to any parent of a young child - and, indeed anyone who has ever been a baby

—— Josh Lacey , Guardian

The Philosophical Baby has interesting things to tell us. They are clearly expressed and thought-provoking. And they do their work on the reader

—— Dailiy Mail

An astonishingly interesting book... [It] teaches us a tremendous amount about the human condition and how the mind is made

—— Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide

Richly provocative and endlessly insightful... This book is at once touching, eloquent and masterful in its fascinating revelations about what makes us human

—— Frank J. Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel: Birth Order; Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives

Absorbing, smart and enjoyable... Parents and scientists will enjoy the insights but so will anyone who has thought about the question of what it means to be human

—— Lisa Randall, author of Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

Eminently readable . . . presents brilliant and highly original advice on how to get someone to do something

—— V.S.Ramachandran

Flipnosis offers some powerful insights into the art and science of getting people to do what you want. You can't fault Dutton's eye for a good story . . . The book contains plenty of tricks to help you get your own way or turn around a sticky situation

—— New Scientist

Once you start reading this absorbing book, you see attempted flipnosis everywhere - and there's no better example than the word 'flipnosis' itself. Having promised you the secrets of this great phenomenon, Dutton keeps you waiting for them until well into the second half of the book, by which time you are well and truly hooked. He is no mean flipnotist, which I'm sure he'll take as the greatest possible compliment

—— The Daily Mail

Fascinating, intelligent and accessible . . . Full of useful techniques, this book will help you get your own way in every aspect of life

—— Scarlet Magazine

As fascinating as it is alarming . . . Read it. Apply it

—— Men's Health

Truly fascinating

—— Time Out

Highly articulate … Her memories are real, not recovered

—— The Times
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