Wilfred Bion gave birth to a number of offspring. Though loosely bound by the family name of “Intersubjective,” these progeny have very distinctive, creative voices and reflect both the individual psychoanalytic personalities and the cultures in which they developed (Bohleber, 2013). Lawrence Brown, James Grotstein, and Thomas Ogden, for example, are distinctly American in tone, whereas Antonino Ferro is quintessentially Italian. Madeleine and Willy Baranger, reflecting South American field theory, are close “cousins” of this Intersubjective family.

Why did this book initially seem frustrating and confusing and require rereadings to make a coherent impression on this reviewer? It is partly an element of Ferro's style: he displays his own reverie as he writes about theory and analytic work, with inferential