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When Nietzsche Wept

A richly evocative novel set in 19th-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis.

The eminent physician Josef Breuer is asked to treat Friedrich Nietzsche's suicidal despair after the end of a love affair - without his knowing it. The doctor devises an ingenious plan, which ultimately involves a young intern named Sigmund Freud.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 310 pages

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