Predominantly set in Vienna in the 1880s. In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense, to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship. When Nietzsche Wept is the 1992 historical fiction novel written by American existentialist Irvin D. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental “talking cure,” Breuer never expects that he too will find solace in their sessions. Yalom 4.30 10 Ratings 70 Want to read 2 Currently reading 15 Have read Overview View 15 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1992 Publisher Basic Books Language English Pages 306 Previews available in: Chinese English This edition doesn't have a description yet. 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. Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. In nineteenth-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era. From the acclaimed author of Love's Executioner and Schopenhauer’s Couch, comes a “fascinating…shrewd intellectual thriller” ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ) about pioneering Viennese psychoanalyst Josef Breuer and his intriguing patient-Friedrich Nietzsche
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