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When Nietzsche Wept : A Novel of Obsession
When Nietzsche Wept A Novel of Obsession Author:Irvin D. Yalom From the bestselling author of Love's Executioner comes a riveting blend of fact and fiction, a drama of love, fate, and will, played out against the intellectual ferment of nineteenth-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher...Josef Breuer, one of th... more »e founding fathers of psychoanalysis...a secret pact...as young medical intern named Sigmund Freud: These are the elements that combine to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationship between an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer. As this compelling novel opens, the unattainable Lou Salome' begs Breuer to help treat Nietzsche's suicidal despair using his experimental "talking cure." As the eminent physician reluctantly accepts the task, he makes a powerful discovery--only through facing up to his own inner demons can he begin to help his patient. In this compelling novel, two brilliant and enigmatic men plumb the depths of their own romantic obsessions and discover the redemptive power of friendship.
"A pleasure to read both for its intriguing cross-discussion of philosophy and emerging psychotherapy, and for its powerful evocation of the eccentric characters of Nietzsche and Breuer." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Absolutely gripping. A moving and well-wrought tale, offering the reader who likes novels of ideas as much as pleasure as he or she will have had in a long time." --Colin Walters, Washington Times« less