As he has his trademark since "The child of limbo" (short essays consist of short chapters mixing anecdotes, memories of readings or analysis, and reflections) JB Pontalis maintains us this time -C of "before" - multifaceted concept which leads him to talk about the past, memory, origins, childhood, etc ... However, consistency comes from the repeated refusal by the author (p.20 , p. 140, 4th cover) to "cut time". The book feels more than others JBP of psychoanalysis - where twenty fairly arid pages on "the insistent desire to talk about the" infant "- where you may see more than a oxymoron.
A curious notation p. 29: "... the jealous lover ... embarks in pursuit as the narrator of" The Search "tracking Odette to go insane" - where we would mention rather Albertine. A psychoanalyst slip is always delectable.
