Summary
Irvin D. Yalom: Schopenhauer's cure
From the author of the international bestsellers The Executioner of Love and When Nietzsche Cried comes a novel about group therapy with a cast of unforgettably troubled characters who struggle to heal their pain and change their lives.
Suddenly faced with his own mortality after a routine examination, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reevaluate his life and work, and seek out Philip Slate, an addict. about sex, which he failed to help twenty years ago. Yet Philip claims to have been cured—miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer—and is now a philosophical counselor himself.
Philip's brooding, misanthropic attitude forces Julius to invite him to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for teaching him about Schopenhauer. But with only a few months left to live, that may be too short a time to help Philip and compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And yet, maybe not.
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