When Nietzsche Wept
Author: Irvin D. Yalom
Category: Literature
Published: 1992
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Read OnlineA richly evocative novel set in 19th-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis.
The eminent physician Josef Breuer is asked to treat Friedrich Nietzsche's suicidal despair after the end of a love affair - without his knowing it. The doctor devises an ingenious plan, which ultimately involves a young intern named Sigmund Freud.
The eminent physician Josef Breuer is asked to treat Friedrich Nietzsche's suicidal despair after the end of a love affair - without his knowing it. The doctor devises an ingenious plan, which ultimately involves a young intern named Sigmund Freud.