When Nietzsche cried, author: Irvin D. Yalom

The novel When Nietzsche Wept by author Irvin D. Yalom, who is a professor of psychoanalysis at Stanford University in America, in addition to his work in psychotherapy and existential approach par excellence. The novel deals with the confrontation (therapeutic) and intellectual that took place between Friedrich Nietzsche and the famous Austrian doctor known for his esteemed research on hysteria, Dr. Josef Breuer, who accepted to treat Nietzsche from melancholy, depression, and the desire to commit suicide after Lou Salome refused to be involved with him. The novel beautifully blends Nietzsche's philosophy in "Will to Power" and psychoanalysis through the characters of Breuer and Sigmund Freud. Number of pages: 440