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The Sullivanians : sex, psychotherapy, and the wild life of an American commune
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- Summary
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"The shocking story of the Sullivan Institute, a psychoanalytic organization of artists and intellectuals that devolved into a dangerous cult on Manhattan's Upper West Side"--
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- Creator
- Alexander Stille
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- x, 418 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780374600396, 0374600392
- OCLC
- on1375296406
- Includes bibliographical references.
- A parallel world -- Part I: Precursors. Origins -- The Sullivan Institute and the world of abstract expressionism -- The 1960s : Time of transition -- Part II. The group gathers. Transference -- Breaking with family -- Strange interlude -- Group living -- The secret history -- Part III: Building the Fourth Wall. The Kremlin and the Gang of Four -- Three Mile Island -- The secret history, part 2 -- The security squad -- Paternity -- The children of the Fourth Wall -- Having children in the group -- The defectors -- The unraveling -- Part IV: The Fourth Wall crumbles. Aftermath -- The reckoning -- Coda. The Kids are (mostly) all right