When Nietzsche Wept -

: Readers witness the early stages of talk therapy. Even a young Sigmund Freud makes several cameo appearances as Breuer’s protégé.

Set in Vienna in 1882, the narrative begins when the alluring Lou Salomé approaches Dr. Josef Breuer, a mentor to a young Sigmund Freud. She fears that her brilliant but tormented friend, Friedrich Nietzsche, is on the brink of suicide due to a broken heart and debilitating physical ailments. When Nietzsche Wept

The novel serves as a "teaching novel," weaving deep philosophical insights into a compelling fictional plot. : Readers witness the early stages of talk therapy

Written by renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom , When Nietzsche Wept is an intellectually gripping historical novel that imagines a 19th-century meeting between two titans of human thought: philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and physician Josef Breuer. Josef Breuer, a mentor to a young Sigmund Freud