A psychotherapist becomes obsessed with treating Alicia Berenson, a painter who shot her husband five times and has not spoken a single word since, and sets out to unravel why — and what her cryptic self-portrait titled 'Alcestis' really means.
Books mentioned in The Silent Patient (4)
Alcestis by Euripides: “I bought a copy of Alcestis. The introduction said it was Euripides's earliest extant tragedy, and one of his least-performed works.”
All My Sons by Arthur Miller: “She had spent six weeks speaking in a regional American accent when preparing for All My Sons.”
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare: “Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, The Winter's Tale”
Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud: “He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret... —SIGMUND FREUD, Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis”