The book, Tintin in Tibet, is actually an extended allegory of its author’s own mental collapse and cure. In the years prior to starting the book, Hergé was crippled by a series of breakdowns as well as severe nightmares where he was caught in a snowy landscape. Eventually, Hergé sought out help by a psychoanalyst who told him he had to “conquer his white demons” and leave...
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