When Nietzsche Wept : A Novel of Obsession

From theacclaimed author ofLove's ExecutionerandSchopenhauersCouch, comes afascinatingshrewd intellectual thriller (LosAngeles Times Book Review)about pioneering Viennese psychoanalyst Josef Breuer and his intriguing patientFriedrichNietzscheIn 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. InWhen Nietzsche Wept, IrvinYalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense, to unfold anunforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship.