When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom audiobook

When Nietzsche Wept

By Irvin D. Yalom
Read by Richard Powers

Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Publishing 9780465091720
15.43 Hours • Unabridged
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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.

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Summary

Summary

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“When Nietzsche Wept is the best dramatization of a great thinker’s thought since Sartre’s The Freud Scenario.” —Chicago Tribune
“An intelligent, carefully researched, richly imagined novel.” —Boston Globe
“Strong and authentic. The element of surprise is a magical, jolting moment.” —Washington Post Book World
“Fascinating…A shrewd intellectual thriller.” —Lost Angeles Times Book Review
“In this intelligent, fully imagined tale, Yalom accurately evokes the encapsulated world of Breuer and Nietzsche’s sessions.” —Publishers Weekly
“A stimulating dip into the pools of nineteenth-century philosophy, psychology, and culture. A delectable fantasy.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author Bio: Irvin D. Yalom MD

Author Bio: Irvin D. Yalom MD

Irvin D. Yalom, MD, is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco. He is the author of many books, including Love’s Executioner, Theory and Practice in Group Psychotherapy, and When Nietzsche Wept.

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Available Formats : Digital Download, CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 15.43
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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