When Nietzsche Wept: An Intellectual Thriller – Friedrich Nietzsche, Breuer, and a Revolutionary Therapy in 19th-Century Vienna (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

From theacclaimed author of Love's Executioner and Schopenhauer’sCouch, comes a“fascinating…shrewd intellectual thriller” (LosAngeles Times Book Review)about pioneering Viennese psychoanalyst Josef Breuer and his intriguing patient—FriedrichNietzscheIn nineteenth-century Vienna, adrama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment thatdefined the era. Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis,is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatestphilosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for theheadaches and other ailments that plague him.When he agrees to treat Nietzschewith his experimental “talking cure,” Breuer never expects that he too willfind solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can thegifted healer begin to help his patient. In When Nietzsche Wept, IrvinYalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense, to unfold anunforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship.  Read more