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When Nietzsche Wept
When Nietzsche Wept
Author: Irvin D. Yalom
From the bestselling author of Love's Executioner comes a riveting blend of fact and fiction, a drama of love, fate, and will, played out against the intellectual ferment of nineteenth-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis.  Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher...Josef Breuer, one of th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060975500
ISBN-10: 0060975504
Publication Date: 8/4/1993
Pages: 306
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4.2 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Extremely fascinating book that leaves you wanting to find out more about these figures in history. A historical novel illustrating some of the the underpinnings of modern-day psychology from the point of view of such names as Freud, Breur, and Nietzsche. An excellent read.
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A fine novel by a group psychotherapist of reknown.
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Gripping as a detective story, Yalom's novel puts into motion in their own world characters who changed the course of intellectual history in the West. A marvelous achievement. Diane Wood Middlebrook, author of "Anne Sexton."


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