“A lively and provocative book.”—Alexander Leggatt, <i>New York Review of Books</i><br /><br />“A compellingly readable and intelligent book. . . . Both authors write with impressive energy.”—Rowan Williams, <i>New Statesman</i><br /><br />“In this scintillating collaboration between our leading Shakespearean and our most trenchant interpreter of Freud, the concept of the second chance keeps gathering momentum and reach. <i>Second Chances</i> is intellectually nimble and emotionally wise.”—Christopher Benfey, author of <i>A Summer of Hummingbirds</i><br /><br />“A fearless book. Greenblatt and Phillips speak to each other, and to us, with unflinching candor, wisdom, and tenderness about the possibility of renewing or remaking our lives. <i>Second Chances</i> stages a grand reckoning with fate and free will, fantasy and reality, and, above all, with the excitement and the terror of suddenly finding ourselves in a strange story, in a brave new world.”—Merve Emre, Wesleyan University<br /><br />“This co-authored blend of candor and scholarship illuminates the faults and regrets, even the stupidities, of any life— along with the gift of redemption.”—Robert Pinsky, author of <i>Proverbs of Limbo</i><br /><br />“In the theme of the second chance, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips have discovered a marvelous entryway to both Shakespeare and Freud. This wonderful book is written clearly, with humanity and gusto.”—Mark Edmundson, University of Virginia<br /><br />“In this endlessly surprising and revelatory book, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips show that thinking seriously about a ‘second chance’ is what could actually give us a second chance: a second chance at Shakespeare; a second chance at psychoanalysis; a second chance at love; even a second chance at life itself.”—Devorah Baum, author of <i>On Marriage</i><br /><br />