when Nietzche wept...

my favorite book ever...


Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher...

Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis...

a secret pact...

a young medical intern named Sigmund Freud

these are the elements that combine to create the unforgettable saga of an imagined relationshipbetween an extraordinary patient and a gifted healer.

As this compelling novel opens, the unattainable Lou Salome begs Breuer to help treat Nietzsche's suicidal despair using his experimental “talking cure.” As the eminent physician reluctantly accepts the task, he makes a powerful discovery. In this compelling novel, two brilliant and enigmatic men plumb the depths of their own romantic obsessions and discover the redemptive power of friendship.