One genius takes on another. Bursting defiantly and gleefully beyond the bounds of orthodox biography, Sigmund Freud is a wildly humorous exercise in bending, stretching and speculating on the activities of the so-called Father of Psychoanalysis. Ralph Steadman wields his shrewd...
"Steadman's text here is as witty as his drawings, both illustrating not only Freud's classification of jokes, but also the events of Freud's life." "Earlier chapters of Freud's life, characterized by...
--The North Carolina Review of Books
Ralph Steadman wields his shrewd wit and fierce pen to highlight the movements of Freud's life and career, from early childhood to the moment of death. But there's a twist. Through a masterful interplay of text and illustrations, each scene is turned into a 'joking situation'...
Beyond the bounds of orthodox biography, Ralph Steadman's SIGMUND FREUD is an unparalleled artistic voyage into the realms of fantasy inspired by the everyday reality of a life of genius.