Mourning and metamorphosis

contributions from Lamanno-Adamo

Abstract

The book Narciso sob tinta: fisgando o humano, written by Vera Lamanno-Adamo, published by Blucher in 2023, is an unpretentious book, which delights the reader, should be read without rushing, and contains some gems. The book brings together a set of articles by the psychoanalyst and, despite dealing with different themes, it certainly has mourning as the issue that runs through the work. The author uses art, books, films and series, in addition to her clinical experience, to address this and other issues relevant to contemporary psychoanalysis, with emphasis on the themes of psychoanalytic writing and theoretical articulation between the different psychoanalytic schools. Narciso sob tinta: fisgando o humano is an important book for Brazilian psychoanalysts and for those concerned with the future of psychoanalysis, so, without a doubt, it should be assimilated, with due attention, by contemporary psychoanalysis.