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Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.

Internationally best-selling novelist Irvin D. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of Baruch Spinoza, the Jewish 17th-century secular philosopher, and of Alfred Rosenberg, outspoken Nazi ideologue, faithful servant of Hitler, the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich, and a godless mass murderer....

Nella Vienna fin de siècle, abbandonato da Lou Salomé, giovane donna con cui ha condiviso un esaltante ménage à trois, Friedrich Nietzsche è in preda a una disperazione estrema che gli ha fatto tentare più volte il suicidio. Gli è accanto Joseph Breuer, stimato medico ebreo e futuro padre fondatore della psicanalisi, che sottopone il filosofo alle sue cure. Tra Breuer e Nietzsche, nel corso di numerose sedute, si instaura un dialogo serrato e coinvolgente.

Eine Ménage à trois zwischen Lou Andreas Salomé, Nietzsche und der Psychoanalyse. Das Wien des Fin de siècle: Die selbstbewusste junge Russin Lou Andreas Salomé drängt den angesehenen Arzt Josef Breuer, dem suizidgefährdeten Friedrich Nietzsche zu helfen und ihn von seiner zerstörerischen Obsession für sie zu kurieren.