The Club of Brilliant Psychopaths: The Oddities and Whims of the Great and Famous
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Why do great people seem so strange to us? Perhaps their uniqueness is the key to genius?
- Beethoven believed that shaving deprived him of creative success, so he went unshaven for weeks.
- Paganini honed his craft by playing the violin among graves, provoking the most sinister rumors.
- Agatha Christie dreamed up her detective stories while lying in a bathtub with very hot water, eating apples one after another.
This book is a collection of amazing stories about geniuses whose "oddities" became a source of inspiration and great discoveries. After each chapter, there's a professional analysis by Elena Kiseleva, a PhD in psychology, revealing how internal conflicts and traumas give rise to unique talents and unconventional thinking.
Thanks to the masterful writing of Mark Kotlyarsky, winner of the Yuri Nagibin Literary Prize, shocking facts are transformed into a tool for self-discovery. You will be able to look into the souls of geniuses and see: behind the brilliance of talent often lies pain, loneliness, and the struggle for the right to be yourself.
- Beethoven believed that shaving deprived him of creative success, so he went unshaven for weeks.
- Paganini honed his craft by playing the violin among graves, provoking the most sinister rumors.
- Agatha Christie dreamed up her detective stories while lying in a bathtub with very hot water, eating apples one after another.
This book is a collection of amazing stories about geniuses whose "oddities" became a source of inspiration and great discoveries. After each chapter, there's a professional analysis by Elena Kiseleva, a PhD in psychology, revealing how internal conflicts and traumas give rise to unique talents and unconventional thinking.
Thanks to the masterful writing of Mark Kotlyarsky, winner of the Yuri Nagibin Literary Prize, shocking facts are transformed into a tool for self-discovery. You will be able to look into the souls of geniuses and see: behind the brilliance of talent often lies pain, loneliness, and the struggle for the right to be yourself.
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