Traumhafte Kindheit

Catherine Millet is considered one of the most important art critics in France. Her scholarly books and essays are significant contributions to cultural history. Worldwide, she astonished critics and readers with her bestsellers "The Sexual Life of Catherine M." and "Jealousy," both autobiographical accounts of her intimate experiences. "Dreamlike Childhood" follows these two works. Catherine Millet recounts with utmost precision the development of her perception, feelings, and consciousness, reflecting through sharply observed and compellingly narrated episodes how her personality was formed. She speaks openly and freely about the loneliness, the diffuse feelings of guilt and shame, as well as the fears of a young person who perceives their own family as a "furnace of hell" and sees no other way to cope than on the schoolyard.