The Shadow of the Wind: hypnosis, memory and identity
Journal title IPNOSI
Author/s Anna Guerrera, Giuseppina Cavarretta
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/2
Language Italian Pages 4 P. 59-62 File size 42 KB
DOI 10.3280/IPN2025-002005
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The article explores the parallels between Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel The Shadow of the Wind and Ericksonian psychotherapy. The protagonist’s journey, beginning with the loss of the memory of his mother’s face and the intuitive choice of a book, becomes a metaphor for the hypnotic process: a path of access to the unconscious, trust in inner resources, and narrative transformation. Through stories and characters, the novel guides the protagonist on a journey that, like an evocative trance, fosters the integration of distinct parts of the self and opens the way to personal growth.
Keywords: The Shadow of the Wind, Ericksonian hypnosis, unconscious; maternal face, trust in inner resources, therapeutic storytelling, evocative trance, self-integration.
- Ruiz Zafón C. (2001). L’ombra del vento. Barcellona: Planeta.
Anna Guerrera, Giuseppina Cavarretta, L’ombra del vento: ipnosi, memoria e identità in "IPNOSI" 2/2025, pp 59-62, DOI: 10.3280/IPN2025-002005