In his book, Yalom imagines a lengthy encounter between Josef Breuer (1842-1925), a Viennese physician who, among other accomplishments helped found psychoanalysis, and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.(1844 -1900) Yalom's story is subtitled 'A Novel of Obsession'.
“ When Nietzsche Wept is the best dramatization of a great thinker’s thought since Sartre’s The Freud Scenario. 'When Nietzsche Wept' (1992) is probably Yalom's most successful novel. The element of surprise is a magical, jolting moment.” - Washington Post Book World “An intelligent, carefully researched, richly imagined novel.” - Boston Globe In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense, to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship. 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. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe’s greatest living 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession (p.S.): By Irvin D. In 19th-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era.
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