When Nietzsche Wept Author: [USA] Irvin Yalom/ [USA] Irvin Yalom Original title: When Nietzsche Wept Publisher: Machinery Industry Press

Irvin Yalom's most popular classic!

When a famous doctor meets a philosophical superman, the birth process of psychological counseling is interpreted. Must-read books recommended by junior psychological counselors!

“Loneliness exists only in solitude; once shared, it evaporates.”

“Hope is the greatest disaster, because it prolongs human suffering.”

"Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger."

Who is the patient? Who is the doctor?

Poetic language, rational and careful thinking, suspenseful plot, climaxes one after another, but the ending is unexpected...

main character:

Nietzsche, a famous philosopher and poet, is famous for his controversial "superman philosophy".

Breuer, the most prestigious doctor in Europe in the late 19th century and Freud's mentor.

Main supporting roles:

Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, co-authored Studies on Hysteria with Breuer.

Salome, a talented literary woman, is also a professional psychoanalyst.

Bertha is the prototype of the famous "Anna O. incident" in the history of psychology.

This is a classic psychological mystery novel. Most of the characters in the book are from real history. The author pretends to be two masters of the late 19th century: Nietzsche and Breuer. Based on historical facts, the author reasonably fictionalizes the two people as doctor and patient, starting a gripping "talk therapy".

The story begins with the famous doctor Breuer, who is obsessed with his patient's carnal fantasies and cannot extricate himself, and is suddenly invited to a café by a strange woman named Salome. What request will the bold and beautiful Salome make?

Can Brell's seemingly harmonious marriage and career, which is at its peak, continue?

Can he free himself from his tormenting fantasies?

What is Nietzsche's life dilemma? How is he connected to Dr. Breuer?

Who is the patient? Who is the doctor?

Poetic language, rational and careful thinking, suspenseful plot, climaxes one after another, but the ending is unexpected...

"Irvin Yalom

One of the most famous, most widely circulated and most influential psychotherapists in the world today, he has been selected as one of the three most important psychotherapists alive in the United States. He is an authority on group psychotherapy in the United States, a master of psychiatry, and one of the three representatives of existential therapy. Many of his works have not only inspired psychotherapists, but also won the love of ordinary readers and have been successfully distributed around the world. His works have won many European and American fiction and non-fiction awards, among which When Nietzsche Wept won the 1992 Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Fiction and many other awards, and has been translated into 24 languages, appearing on many bestseller lists, with sales of more than 2 million copies.