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El Psicoanalista
-Feliz cumpleaños, doctor. Bienvenido al primer día de su muerte.-
Así comienza el anónimo que recibe Frederick Starks, psicoanalista con una larga experiencia y una vida tranquila. Starks tendrá que emplear toda su astucia y rapidez para, en quince días, averiguar quién es el autor de esa amenazadora masiva que promete hacerle la existencia imposible. De no conseguir su ob...more
Así comienza el anónimo que recibe Frederick Starks, psicoanalista con una larga experiencia y una vida tranquila. Starks tendrá que emplear toda su astucia y rapidez para, en quince días, averiguar quién es el autor de esa amenazadora masiva que promete hacerle la existencia imposible. De no conseguir su ob...more
Paperback, 574 pages
Published
November 1st 2004
by Byblos
(first published 2002)
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Jun 25, 2009
Andrés Laverde Ortiz
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
suspenso-y-thriller
El psicoanalista es sin duda un thriller lleno de momentos sorpresivos, algunos giros inesperados y una decente narración. Aunque no es la novela del siglo, tiene todo los elementos para disfrutar de una buena lectura: personajes con un desarrollo y un manejo del lenguaje excelentes, una muy tensionante ambientación emocional (casi siempre estará usted angustiado o ansioso al leer)un desarrollo coherente, bien argumentado para la historia que se cuenta y un final original, sin clichés.
Lo tomé co...more
Lo tomé co...more
"A vida é só isso. Um jogo a seguir a outro. E a morte é o maior deles todos."
O livro apresenta-nos Frederick Starks, um viúvo que cumpre sempre a sua rotina religiosamente, isolado da sociedade, mantendo apenas o contacto humano através das sessões com os seus pacientes, os quais recebe num consultório, que está integrado na sua humilde moradia.
A solidão não incomoda este médico das almas, muito pelo contrário. Dia após dia as tarefas que preenchem o seu quotidiano e os seus hábitos antiquados...more
O livro apresenta-nos Frederick Starks, um viúvo que cumpre sempre a sua rotina religiosamente, isolado da sociedade, mantendo apenas o contacto humano através das sessões com os seus pacientes, os quais recebe num consultório, que está integrado na sua humilde moradia.
A solidão não incomoda este médico das almas, muito pelo contrário. Dia após dia as tarefas que preenchem o seu quotidiano e os seus hábitos antiquados...more
Me agrado mucho desde el punto de vista que es una novela que se plantea de manera muy inteligente. Es cierto que en general he visto que todas las novelas de este autor siguen una estructura similar: los personajes son acosados por un psicopata y estos a su vez hacen algo de investigación para dar con esta persona y al final del libro terminan encontrándolo y enfrentándose con esta persona.
Pero sí es también la novela en que mejor lo logra. En la primera parte del libro sume y hace participe al...more
Pero sí es también la novela en que mejor lo logra. En la primera parte del libro sume y hace participe al...more
The Analyst- Ex
John Katzenbach
New York City psychoanalyst Frederick (Ricky) Starks receives an anonymous missive saying that Starks has ruined the writer's life and that he has ten days in which to discover his or her identity. If he fails, he must commit suicide; if he does not comply with this order, someone in his family will suffer or die. At first Ricky is disoriented and unable to function effectively, but he soon begins to take action. Using his research skills, he finds that a former pat...more
John Katzenbach
New York City psychoanalyst Frederick (Ricky) Starks receives an anonymous missive saying that Starks has ruined the writer's life and that he has ten days in which to discover his or her identity. If he fails, he must commit suicide; if he does not comply with this order, someone in his family will suffer or die. At first Ricky is disoriented and unable to function effectively, but he soon begins to take action. Using his research skills, he finds that a former pat...more
Why the hell did I read this again? No clue. Wait, now I remember - for the same reason anyone else did. I was at an airport and wanted to read something less tiresome than the usual newspapers and magazines. Before I finished the first sentence, I expected to leave this novel behind on the plane with the plastic headphones and Sky Mall catalog, never to be seen again. Yet Katzenbach won me over and I found myself not only enjoying the story but trying to cast the movie this novel is so clearly...more
Jan 27, 2009
Eric_W
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Dr. Frederick Starks, a psychologist, just turned 53, receives a letter on his birthday informing him that he has ruined the life of the letter-writer's mother and that his own life is about to be destroyed. Soon his credit cards and bank accounts disappear, he is accused of the sexual harassment of a patient, and a client commits suicide. He is told that if he does not discover the identity of the letter-writer's mother within two weeks, he must commit suicide or a member of his family will be...more
This is the story of the destruction of Dr. Frederick Starks, psychoanalyst to the rich and neurotic. On the eve of his annual vacation, Dr. Starks receives a strange letter from an unknown man calling himself Rumplestiltskin. The letter orders him to find Rumplestiltskin's real identity within 15 days or one of his relatives will have their life destroyed. If he fails, Dr. Starks can spare his relatives by taking his own life. A sick and frightening game of cat and mouse begins, with the unwitt...more
Audiobuch--"Der Patient" --I didn't know whether to give it 5 stars or not, because the idea that someone would do that to Dr. Starks just made me MAD at first.
Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first day of your death. Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, threatening letter. Now he finds himself in the middle of a horrific game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. The rules: in two weeks, Starks must guess his tormentor...more
Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first day of your death. Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, threatening letter. Now he finds himself in the middle of a horrific game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. The rules: in two weeks, Starks must guess his tormentor...more
"Willkommen am ersten Tag Ihres Todes!" so fängt ein Brief an den der New Yorker Psychiater Dr.Frederick Starks an seinem 53.Geburtstag erhällt.
Unterzeichnet ist der Brief mit "Rumpelstilzchen" und diese anonyme Person "Mr. R." gibt Starks 15 Tage um herauszufinden wer er in Wirklichkeit ist. Sollte es Starks in den vorgegebenen 15 Tagen nicht gelingen herausfinden wer Rumpelstilzchen ist, muss dieser sich selbst umbringen oder Mr. R wird sich einen nach dem anderen aus Starks Familie vornehmen....more
Unterzeichnet ist der Brief mit "Rumpelstilzchen" und diese anonyme Person "Mr. R." gibt Starks 15 Tage um herauszufinden wer er in Wirklichkeit ist. Sollte es Starks in den vorgegebenen 15 Tagen nicht gelingen herausfinden wer Rumpelstilzchen ist, muss dieser sich selbst umbringen oder Mr. R wird sich einen nach dem anderen aus Starks Familie vornehmen....more
Es una novela escrita desde el punto de vista del protagonista que se ve sometido a una venganza injusta y desproporcionada y que lo orilla de tener una personalidad predominantemente reflexiva y rutinaria a convertirse en un ser violento e impredecible.
Katzen bach opera en esta novela en diversos niveles, inyectando en cada uno de ellos el suspenso necesario para mantener al lector cautivo con la historia y lo obliga a continuar a pesar de la naturaleza del protagonista.
Consid ero que el libro...more
Katzen bach opera en esta novela en diversos niveles, inyectando en cada uno de ellos el suspenso necesario para mantener al lector cautivo con la historia y lo obliga a continuar a pesar de la naturaleza del protagonista.
Consid ero que el libro...more
Aug 17, 2012
Jaden
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
horror-mystery-suspense-thriller
What first caught my eye was the title of the book. Afterwards was the author's previous occupation, so I figured why not? Eventually I was truly glad I purchased The Analyst.
From the very beginning Dr. Frederick Starks seems like a very beguiling and intriguing character. A man in his early fifties of high and unique intellect, who has lost his wife and deals with slightly demented people on a daily basis. And right after a short introduction and assessment of who he is, what he does and how he...more
From the very beginning Dr. Frederick Starks seems like a very beguiling and intriguing character. A man in his early fifties of high and unique intellect, who has lost his wife and deals with slightly demented people on a daily basis. And right after a short introduction and assessment of who he is, what he does and how he...more
¿Qué tanto puede conocer alguien de tu vida como para predecir cada paso que das, tus reacciones, tus sentimientos y hasta tus pensamientos?
¿Qué tanto dejas al descubierto sin que lo notes?
¿Hasta donde tu privacidad es realmente segura?
Y estas son sólo algunas de las preguntas que uno mismo se plantea desde el primer capítulo de esta excelente novela.
Todo comienza con la tranquila y rutinaria vida del Doctor Frederick Starks, psicoanalista, que se simbra violentamente debido a una carta cuyo rem...more
¿Qué tanto dejas al descubierto sin que lo notes?
¿Hasta donde tu privacidad es realmente segura?
Y estas son sólo algunas de las preguntas que uno mismo se plantea desde el primer capítulo de esta excelente novela.
Todo comienza con la tranquila y rutinaria vida del Doctor Frederick Starks, psicoanalista, que se simbra violentamente debido a una carta cuyo rem...more
The best-selling author or Hart's War did not disappoint with THE ANALYST. I felt as alone, helpless and solitary as the protagonist as he advanced further into the terror of a very real cat and mouse game. Dr. Starks, a professional psychoanalyst, receives a threatening letter from a Mr. "Rumplestiltskin" demanding that he guess his real name within 15 days. If the good doctor does not guess or guesses incorrectly, Mr. R. will start killing off the doctor's relatives. Mr. R. will let the doctor...more
A TERRIFIC SPELLBINFING READ
I can place "The Analyst" in the list of those precious books I will never forget
It is a terrific psico-thriller with a creepy tint, the intensity of a blockbuster every step of the way and the power to get deep enough to probe the functioning of the deep recesses of the human mind
It is so well written that you can perceive rather than learn the different array of emotions exuded by his main dynamic character throughout all the pages from beginning to end, and for m...more
I can place "The Analyst" in the list of those precious books I will never forget
It is a terrific psico-thriller with a creepy tint, the intensity of a blockbuster every step of the way and the power to get deep enough to probe the functioning of the deep recesses of the human mind
It is so well written that you can perceive rather than learn the different array of emotions exuded by his main dynamic character throughout all the pages from beginning to end, and for m...more
Remember that somewhat twisted fairy tale known as Rumpelstiltskin? You know, it starts when a poor miller tells the King that he has a daughter who can turn straw into gold. The greedy King decides to put this to the test and gives the maiden until morning to spin a room full of straw into gold – if she is unable to do so, she will die. Hopeless in her task, the maiden is surprised when a troll-like man enters her tower and offers to help her. …With a price of course! After she gives the troll...more
John Katzenbach es un maestro del suspense. Sabe jugar perfectamente con los tiempos de narración, creando un ambiente de intriga excepcional.
Hasta aquí, más o menos resumido, lo que me atrajo de la novela.
Pero al menos para mí, no ha sido del todo cierto.
Bien es verdad que aunque me la recomendaron hace bastante tiempo, no ha sido hasta que salió elegida en un club de lectura que me decidí a leerla.
A su favor, decir que es una novela de argumento lineal, ritmo constante y fácil de seguir(se...more
Hasta aquí, más o menos resumido, lo que me atrajo de la novela.
Pero al menos para mí, no ha sido del todo cierto.
Bien es verdad que aunque me la recomendaron hace bastante tiempo, no ha sido hasta que salió elegida en un club de lectura que me decidí a leerla.
A su favor, decir que es una novela de argumento lineal, ritmo constante y fácil de seguir(se...more
Voy a intentar ser breve, no creo lograrlo. Que buen libro!!!!!!!! Increíble! Debo admitir que unos capítulos me resultaron un tanto aburridos, pero sólo de la primera parte.
Apenas empecé a leer el libro y la amenaza apareció, SUPE QUIEN ERA R! LO SUPE... Pero, a medida de que la historia avanzaba, descarté la idea. PERO TENÍA RAZÓN! FUE LA PRIMERA PERSONA EN LA QUE SOSPECHÉ! Y ERA ESA MISMA! DIOS!
Amé el libro por varias razones:
Todos los capítulos te dejan una enseñanza que realmente son R...more
Apenas empecé a leer el libro y la amenaza apareció, SUPE QUIEN ERA R! LO SUPE... Pero, a medida de que la historia avanzaba, descarté la idea. PERO TENÍA RAZÓN! FUE LA PRIMERA PERSONA EN LA QUE SOSPECHÉ! Y ERA ESA MISMA! DIOS!
Amé el libro por varias razones:
Todos los capítulos te dejan una enseñanza que realmente son R...more
May 05, 2011
Susan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves a well-paced thriller.
This might be one of the best thrillers I've ever read. Read the first half well before publication, under a different title, then lost track of the book only to come across it in paperback in a shop several years later. I'd never been able to get it out of my mind, and I was SO relieved to finally be able to see how the story ended - and it was better than I could have imagined. The story of a psychoanalyst - classically, a man of thought and not action - forced to take action to save himself f...more
El Psicoanalista es un thriller cargado de aquello que todo lector desea cuando toma un libro sin saber qué esperar; un libro que se adhiere a tus manos y pasando un tanto de la hoja sesenta, te envuelve completamente en una trama que, aunque no presume de novedad en la generalidad de la historia (tal vez como lo sería la peculiar motivación para matar de Jean-Baptiste en "El Perfume"), sí tiene la singularidad de una historia cargada de elementos psicológicos que hacen de sus detalles una novel...more
i have to say wow. honestly.
the plot of this is good, its not slow, its a good twist into it and it keeps u go going on and on and on.
i didnt expect this book to be this good. but i have to confess it did get a hold a me already a few pages in.
honest, i would recommend this book to everyone it is just good.
on the evening of his 53rd birthday, the life of new yorker analyst frederick stark changes into a nightmare. in his waiting room lays and envelope saying "welcome to the first day of your dea...more
the plot of this is good, its not slow, its a good twist into it and it keeps u go going on and on and on.
i didnt expect this book to be this good. but i have to confess it did get a hold a me already a few pages in.
honest, i would recommend this book to everyone it is just good.
on the evening of his 53rd birthday, the life of new yorker analyst frederick stark changes into a nightmare. in his waiting room lays and envelope saying "welcome to the first day of your dea...more
"Happy 53th birthday, doctor, welcome to the firs day of youre death."
If the book didnt have that phrase i would have given it 2, or even lower, but that single phrase made me use the 3, one of my favorite lines ever from a book.
The start of the book its great, fast paced, you just cant stop reading, and i personally started hating the main character- he deserves whats hes getting-, but then the around half the book, the author ruined the whole think making his characther something it isnt suppo...more
If the book didnt have that phrase i would have given it 2, or even lower, but that single phrase made me use the 3, one of my favorite lines ever from a book.
The start of the book its great, fast paced, you just cant stop reading, and i personally started hating the main character- he deserves whats hes getting-, but then the around half the book, the author ruined the whole think making his characther something it isnt suppo...more
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El narrador de esta historia es omnisciente, el título del libro da la profesión del personaje principal y da la idea correcta a lo que te vas a enfrentar durante la lectura, pensamiento en disyuntiva, es significativo verla en la portada por que definitivamente atrae, la historia va en orden cronológico, con algunos recuerdos presentes que dan datos relevantes a la historia, el estilo de escritura es informal, esta dirigido a cualquier publico, es una lectura fácil, rápida y adictiva.
El tema de...more
Dr. Frederick Starks is a New York Psychoanalyst. On his 53rd birthday, he receives a note from Rumplestiltskin. In 15 days he must find out the identity of R and the reason he is out to destroy him. If he fails then R will destroy 52 of Dr. Starks' loved ones, one by one until he commits suicide.
Is this for real? Starks, a widower has led an uneventful routine life. As the days unfold it becomes all too plain how serious this threat is as Starks' bank account is rifled, his credit ruined and ev...more
Is this for real? Starks, a widower has led an uneventful routine life. As the days unfold it becomes all too plain how serious this threat is as Starks' bank account is rifled, his credit ruined and ev...more
Jan 09, 2013
Dentro de un Libro
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Mi Puntuación: 8.5/10.
El libro se encuentra escrito en tercera persona, siguiendo el punto de vista de nuestro protagonista, el Dr. Starks, y esta dividido en tres partes. Durante la primera parte vivimos el acoso que recibe el psicoanalista por parte del misterioso autor del anónimo, quien se hace llamar a si mismo Rumpelstiltskin. Katzenbach nos logra transmitir todas las emociones que vive el Dr. Starks miedo, desesperación y sobre todo, tensión.
Personalmente fue la parte que menos disfrute,...more
El libro se encuentra escrito en tercera persona, siguiendo el punto de vista de nuestro protagonista, el Dr. Starks, y esta dividido en tres partes. Durante la primera parte vivimos el acoso que recibe el psicoanalista por parte del misterioso autor del anónimo, quien se hace llamar a si mismo Rumpelstiltskin. Katzenbach nos logra transmitir todas las emociones que vive el Dr. Starks miedo, desesperación y sobre todo, tensión.
Personalmente fue la parte que menos disfrute,...more
Sin duda un libro que desde el principio te llena de zozobra y enigmas que no terminan de ser descubiertos, la narrativa es buena, el método psicológico es regular ya que abunda en la descripción de eventos como en la psicodelia y paranoia que no expone soluciones coherentes al caso.
He sabido que el final desilusiona a muchos lectores, pero no fue mi caso.
John Katzenbach matiza muy bien los dotes periodísticos y la trama no deja de ser interesante.
Personalmente, este libro me ayudo a adentrarme...more
He sabido que el final desilusiona a muchos lectores, pero no fue mi caso.
John Katzenbach matiza muy bien los dotes periodísticos y la trama no deja de ser interesante.
Personalmente, este libro me ayudo a adentrarme...more
You'd think my first experience into adult works would be met with a lot of wishing I didn't pick up the book in the first place. And I was wrong.
This was unlike anything I've ever read before. The detail was immaculate. Perfect. Even the plot was believable.
Ricky had to go through so much just because of a mistake he made in his younger years. You felt sorry for him. He gave up his LIFE just to appease someone else *cough* psychopath assassin *cough* You wouldn't have expected the book to end a...more
This was unlike anything I've ever read before. The detail was immaculate. Perfect. Even the plot was believable.
Ricky had to go through so much just because of a mistake he made in his younger years. You felt sorry for him. He gave up his LIFE just to appease someone else *cough* psychopath assassin *cough* You wouldn't have expected the book to end a...more
really enjoyed the book, dr ricky starks is stuck with a threat, which means he has to kill himself or one of his distant family is killed. he goes from being a predictable dr, to a scared victim, hunted, his reputation destroyed, his finances drained. all the while being 'helped' by virgil and taunted by merlin, then there is a twist, a fantastic twist, it showed me what i have always believed, that when one door closes another one opens and just because things seem to be going bad, it strength...more
El planteamiento es poco verosímil (muy exagerado, en mi opinión) pero increíblemente interesante. Eres un psicoanalista al que de repente le llega una amenazante carta de alguien al que, por lo visto, arruinaste la vida. Tienes 15 días para averiguar su nombre (y publicarlo en el periódico), si no lo haces o te suicidas o la vida de algún familiar tuyo será destruida.
Todo es una especie de juego de pistas montado por un psicópata vengativo y sus "secuaces".
Momentos un poco angustiosos, momentos...more
Todo es una especie de juego de pistas montado por un psicópata vengativo y sus "secuaces".
Momentos un poco angustiosos, momentos...more
“Page turner” is the correct description for this enthralling mystery. I found myself stealing time to catch a few more clues, fall down a few more rabbit holes. I was distracted by the constant use of the word “macadam,” instead of pavement, but that’s just an observation. Descriptive tangents, going on for paragraphs, could have used some pruning, but if it got too drawn out, I just skimmed a bit till the action started up again. The descriptions were important, to set tone and scene, but some...more
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John Katzenbach is a U.S. author of popular fiction. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, John worked as a criminal court reporter for the Miami Herald and Miami News , and a featured writer for the Herald’s Tropic magazine. He is married to Madeleine Blais and they live in western Massachusetts.
He left the newspaper grind to write books, racking up 12 novels so far,...more
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