When Nietzsche Wept

From bestselling author Irv Yalom comes a riveting blend of fact and fiction, a drama of love, fate, and will, played out agains 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 the founding fathers of psychoanalysis ...a secret pact ...a young medical intern named Sigmund Freud: These are the elements that combine to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationship between an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer.

As the tale opens, the unattainable Lou Salomé begs Breuer to help treat Nietzsche's suicidal despair using his experimental "talking cure." As the eminent physician reluctantly accepts the task, he makes a powerful discovery-only through facing up to his own inner demons can he begin to help his patient.

In this compelling novel, two brilliant and enigmatic men plumb the depths of their own romantic obsessions and discover the redemptive power of friendship.

De la autorul de bestseller-uri Irv Yalom vine un amestec captivant de realitate si fictiune, o drama de dragoste, destin si vointa, jucata impotriva fermentului intelectual al Vienei secolului al XIX-lea, in ajunul nasterii psihanalizei. Friedrich Nietzsche, cel mai mare filozof al Europei ... Josef Breuer, unul dintre parintii fondatori ai psihanalizei ... un pact secret ... un tanar intern medical pe nume Sigmund Freud: Acestea sunt elementele care se combina pentru a crea saga de neuitat a unei relatii imaginare intre un pacient extraordinar si un vindecator talentat. Pe masura ce povestea se deschide, de neatins Lou Salome il roaga pe Breuer sa ajute la tratarea disperarii sinucigase a lui Nietzsche folosind ,,leacul vorbitor" experimental. Pe masura ce eminentul medic accepta sarcina fara tragere de inima, el face o descoperire puternica - doar prin infruntarea propriilor demoni interiori poate incepe sa-si ajute pacientul. In acest roman convingator, doi barbati straluciti si enigmatici analizeaza adancurile propriilor obsesii romantice. si descopera puterea rascumparatoare a prieteniei.