The Schopenhauer Cure: A Psychological and Literary Novel about Group Therapy

ISBN: 0060938102

Author: Yalom, Irvin

Condition: Used

From theinternationally bestselling author of Love'sExecutioner and WhenNietzsche Wept, comes anovel of group therapy with a cast of memorably wounded characters strugglingto heal pain and change livesSuddenly confronted with his ownmortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld isforced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sexaddict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims tobe cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of Germanphilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor intraining.Philip's dour, misanthropicstance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group inexchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may befar too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds ofthe group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.