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The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas follows the life of Lisa Erdman, an Austrian opera singer treated by Sigmund Freud for psychosomatic pain. Lisa, who possesses prophetic abilities, shares her erotic hallucinations with Freud, which hint at her future rather than her past trauma. Blending fictional narratives with Freud's real case study techniques, the novel delves into Lisa's complex life, artistic career, and eventual fate. This book contains themes of sexual abuse, loss, and the Holocaust.