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
In nineteenth-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.
In nineteenth-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.
About Author:
Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is the author ofThe Schopenhauer Cure,Lying on the Couch,Every Day Gets a Little Closer, andLove”s Executioner, as well as several classic textbooks on psychotherapy.When Nietzsche Weptwas a bestseller in Germany, Israel, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, and Brazil with millions of copies sold worldwide. Yalom is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University, and he divides his practice between Palo Alto, where he lives, and San Francisco, California.
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اروین دیوید یالوم (به انگلیسی: Irvin David Yalom) (متولد ۱۹۳۱، واشنگتن دی سی، ایالات متحده ی آمریکا) , روانپزشک هستی گرا (اگزیستانسیالیست) و نویسنده ی آمریکایی است.او در سال ۱۹۵۶ در بوستون در رشته ی پزشکی و در سال ۱۹۶۰ در نیویورک در رشته ی روانپزشکی فارغ التحصیل شد و بعد از خدمت سربازی، در سال ۱۹۶۳ استاد دانشگاه استنفورد شد. در همین دانشگاه بود که الگوی روانشناسی هستی گرا یا اگزیستانسیال را پایه گذاری کرد. یالوم هم آثار دانشگاهی متعددی تألیف کرده است و هم چند رمان موفق دارد. او جایزه ی انجمن روانپزشکی آمریکا را در سال ۲۰۰۲ دریافت کرد، اما بیشتر به عنوان نویسنده ی رمان های روانشناختی، به ویژه رمان مشهور وقتی نیچه گریست شهرت دارد.
