"May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist. . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined. . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and other thinkers are invoked appropriately to support May's theory of freedom and destiny's interdependence."-Library Journal "Especially instructive, even stunning, is Dr. May's willingness to respect mystery. . . .There is, too, at work throughout the book a disciplined yet relaxed clinical mind, inclined to celebrate . . . what Flannery O'Connor called 'mystery and manners,' and to do so in a tactful, meditative manner."-Robert Coles, America
- ISBN10 0385292074
- ISBN13 9780385292078
- Publish Date 1 June 1989 (first published 17 October 1981)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
- Format Paperback
- Pages 275
- Language English