The Projectionist
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The Projectionist

The Story of Ernest Gébler

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The Projectionist

The Story of Ernest Gébler

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'Projection (Psychoanalysis). The unconscious process or fact of projecting one's fears, feelings, desires or fantasies onto other persons, things or situations, in order to avoid recognizing them as one's own and so as to justify one's behaviour.' Ernest Gébler, writer of such international bestsellers as The Plymouth Adventure and Call Me Daddy, which became the film Hoffman, led a turbulent and fascinating life. At the helm of one of Ireland's best-known literary families, his life was one of staggering complexity, elusiveness and immense talent that spanned a tumultuous century. In a book that is both biography and memoir, Carlo Gébler, Ernest's estranged son, tells the enthralling story of his father's life, covering his strange and alienated childhood, his disastrous family relationships, his marriage to writer Edna O'Brien, his staunch socialism and uncompromising disciplinary attitude, and his final heartbreaking struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Had the subject been given a choice, he would never have allowed the writer to tell his story. In The Projectionist, Carlo Gébler draws on a rich archive of previously undiscovered autobiographical notes, as well as his own personal memories. He explores and interprets his Ernest's life in the hope of understanding a father he barely knew, a life he didn't share, and a man who was both fascinating and fearful.

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Publisher
New Island
Year
2015
ISBN
9781848404588
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Family Tree
  6. Chronology
  7. Note
  8. 1. Beginnings
  9. 2. Adolf’s Arrival, Dublin
  10. 3. Adolf and Rita’s Meeting
  11. 4. Rita’s Side
  12. 5. Courtship
  13. 6. Marriage
  14. 7. Birth
  15. 8. Adolf’s Homecoming
  16. 9. A Psychological Audit
  17. 10. After the War
  18. 11. Germany
  19. 12. Back
  20. 13. May Geraghty
  21. 14. The Misses Ashley-Ryder
  22. 15. An Incident
  23. 16. Miscellaneous
  24. 17. Tramore One
  25. 18. Tramore Two
  26. 19. England
  27. 20. Apprenticeship
  28. 21. The Letter
  29. 22. The Early Thirties
  30. 23. My Father’s Scheme
  31. 24. A Rocky Start
  32. 25. Books
  33. 26. Developments
  34. 27. Into the World
  35. 28. Home
  36. 29. Unhappiness
  37. 30. The Emergency
  38. 31. A Friendship
  39. 32. Sally Travers
  40. 33. Publication
  41. 34. London
  42. 35. Family
  43. 36. His Inner Life
  44. 37. She Sits Smiling
  45. 38. Success
  46. 39. Leatrice
  47. 40. The End of Adolf’s Marriage
  48. 41. The Plymouth Adventure
  49. 42. Marriage to Leatrice
  50. 43. California
  51. 44. A Confession
  52. 45. An Exchange of Letters
  53. 46. Divorce
  54. 47. After Leatrice
  55. 48. Fissures
  56. 49. Second Marriage
  57. 50. Rita’s Death
  58. 51. Rita’s Inquest
  59. 52. After the Inquest
  60. 53. Move to Morden
  61. 54. Turbulence
  62. 55. A Cold Neutrality
  63. 56. The Helmet
  64. 57. Camilla
  65. 58. Phyllis ‘Jane’ Innot
  66. 59. Custody
  67. 60. J. R. Ackerley
  68. 61. Hoffman
  69. 62. The 1970s
  70. 63. The Early 1980s
  71. 64. A Rupture
  72. 65. Marianna
  73. 66. A Turn
  74. 67. The Book he Wanted to Write
  75. 68. Decline
  76. 69. My Diary
  77. 70. A Resolution
  78. Acknowledgements