num_pages: 320
description: Asked to treat Friedrich Nietzsche for his suicidal despair following a broken love affair, eminent Viennese physician Josef Breuer devises an ingenius approach that would force Nietzsche to apply his own theories to cure himself.
language: English
title: When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession
titlecomplete: When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession
characters: Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Josef Breuer, Lou Andreas-Salomé
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Philosophy, Roman, Psychology, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 68227
places: Vienna
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Gold)
publisher: Perennial