Synopses & Reviews
Listen, Little Man! is a great physician's quiet talk to each one of us, the average human being, the Little Man. Written in 1946 in answer to the gossip and defamation that plagued his remarkable career, it tells how Reich watched, at first naively, then with amazement, and finally with horror, at what the Little Man does to himself; how he suffers and rebels; how he esteems his enemies and murders his friends; how, wherever he gains power as a "representative of the people," he misuses this power and makes it crueler than the power it has supplanted.
Reich has us to look honestly at ourselves and to assume responsibility for our lives and for the great untapped potential that lies in the depth of human nature.
Wilhelm Reich, a native of Austria, was born in 1897. His many other works include The Function of the Orgasm, Character Analysis, and The Mass Psychology of Fascism. He died in 1957.
Listen, Little Man! is a great physician's quiet talk to each one of us, the average human being, the "Little Man." Written in 1946, in answer to the gossip and defamation that plagued his remarkable career, this book tells how Reich perceivedat first innocently, then with amazement, and finally with horrorwhat the Little Man does to himself. This is a book about how the Little Man suffers and rebels; how he esteems his enemies and murders his friends; and how, wherever he gains power as a "representative of the people," he misuses this power and makes it crueler than the power it has supplanted.
Reich asks us to look honestly at ourselves and to assume responsibility for our livesand for the great untapped potential that lies in the depth of human nature.
Synopsis
Listen, Little Man! is a great physician's quiet talk to each one of us, the average human being, the Little Man. Written in 1946 in answer to the gossip and defamation that plagued his remarkable career, it tells how Reich watched, at first naively, then with amazement, and finally with horror, at what the Little Man does to himself; how he suffers and rebels; how he esteems his enemies and murders his friends; how, wherever he gains power as a "representative of the people," he misuses this power and makes it crueler than the power it has supplanted.
Reich has us to look honestly at ourselves and to assume responsibility for our lives and for the great untapped potential that lies in the depth of human nature.
About the Author
Wilhelm Reich, a native of Austria, was born in 1897. His many other works include
The Function of the Orgasm,
Character Analysis, and
The Mass Psychology of Fascism. He died in 1957.
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including
Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based. Steig was born in New York City. Every member of his family was involved in the arts, and so it was no surprise when he decided to become an artist. He attended City College and the National Academy of Design. In 1930, Steigs work began appearing in
The New Yorker, where his drawings have been a popular fixture ever since. He published his first children's book,
Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968. In 1970, Steig received the Caldecott Medal for
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. His books for children also include
Dominic; The Real Thief; The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor Book; Amos
& Boris, a National Book Award finalist; and Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor Books. Steig's books have also received the Christopher Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the William Allen White Children's Book Award, and the American Book Award. His European awards include the Premio di Letteratura per l'infanzia (Italy), the Silver Pencil Award (the Netherlands), and the Prix de la Fondation de France. On the basis of his entire body of work, Steig was selected as the 1982 U.S. candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration and subsequently as the 1988 U.S. candidate for Writing. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, beginning with
About People in 1939, and including
The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, The Agony in the Kindergarten, and
Our Miserable Life. He died in Boston at the age of 95.