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When Nietzsche Wept

When Nietzsche Wept

by Irvin D. Yalom

1992FictionMale friendshipMental DepressionPsychotherapist and patientSuicidal behavior
4.3
Open Library
Open Library

First lines

The chimes of San Salvatore broke into Josef Breuer's reverie.

The chimes of San Salvatore broke into Josef Breuer's reverie.

About this book

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.

Themes & subjects

FictionMale friendshipMental DepressionPsychotherapist and patientSuicidal behaviorFiction, psychological
First published 1992

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Setting

Vienna (Austria)Venezia (Italy)

About the author

Irvin D. Yalom

1931

Author

Irvin D. Yalom

First published

1992

Pages

320

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

15

Languages

English, Portuguese, German

Publisher

Uitgeverij Balans

ISBN

9783442720118

Where to buy

TR
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