Jean-Bertrand Pontalis byl francouzský filozof, psychoanalytik a spisovatel. Jeho dílo se vyznačuje hlubokým vhledem do lidské psychiky a existenciálních témat. Prostřednictvím své unikátní prózy zkoumal složitost paměti, touhy a vztahů. Jeho literární přínos ocenila Francouzská akademie.
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.