When Nietzsche Wept

irvin d. yalom

In 19th-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era.

Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.

In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship.

Genres psychologyfictionphilosophyhistorical fictionnovelsliteratureclassicsromanamericanhistorical

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1992

Literary awards

california book award,

Places

vienna,

This edition

Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2003 by Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060748128
ASIN: 0060748125
Language: English

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Friedrich Nietzsche

A German philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism....
Josef Breuer

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Lou Andreas-salomé

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) was a Jewish Austrian neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression, and for creating the clinical practice...