{"product_id":"the-schopenhauer-cure-a-novel-isbn-9780066214412","title":"The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the\u003cbr\u003einternationally bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove's\u003cbr\u003eExecutioner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen\u003cbr\u003eNietzsche Wept\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, comes a\u003cbr\u003enovel of group therapy with a cast of memorably wounded characters struggling\u003cbr\u003eto heal pain and change lives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly confronted with his own\u003cbr\u003emortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is\u003cbr\u003eforced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex\u003cbr\u003eaddict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to\u003cbr\u003ebe cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German\u003cbr\u003ephilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in\u003cbr\u003etraining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip's dour, misanthropic\u003cbr\u003estance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in\u003cbr\u003eexchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be\u003cbr\u003efar too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of\u003cbr\u003ethe group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFrom novelist and master psychotherapist Irvin Yalom, author of \u003cem\u003eLying on the Couch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhen Nietzsche Wept\u003c\/em\u003e, comes the world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mesmerizing story of two men's search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt one time or another, all of us have wondered what we'd do in the face of death. Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, distinguished psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work. Has he really made an enduring difference in the lives of his patients? And what about the patients he's failed? What has happened to them? Now that he is wiser and riper, can he rescue them yet?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching beyond the safety of his thriving San Francisco practice, Julius feels compelled to seek out Philip Slate, whom he treated for sex addiction some twenty-three years earlier. At that time, Philip's only means of connecting to humans was through brief sexual interludes with countless women, and Julius's therapy did not change that. He meets with Philip, who claims to have cured himself -- by reading the pessimistic and misanthropic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch to Julius's surprise, Philip has become a philosophical counselor and requests that Julius provide him with the supervisory hours he needs to obtain a license to practice. In return, Philip offers to tutor Julius in the work of Schopenhauer. Julius hesitates. How can Philip possibly become a therapist? He is still the same arrogant, uncaring, self-absorbed person he had always been. In fact, in every way he resembles his mentor, Schopenhauer. But eventually they strike a Faustian bargain: Julius agrees to supervise Philip, provided that Philip first joins his therapy group. Julius is hoping that six months with the group will address Philip's misanthropy and that by being part of a circle of fellow patients, he will develop the relationship skills necessary to become a therapist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip enters the group, but he is more interested in educating the members in Schopenhauer's philosophy -- which he claims is all the therapy anyone should need -- than he is in their individual problems. Soon Julius and Philip, using very different therapeutic approaches, are competing for the hearts and minds of the group members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs this going to be Julius's swan song -- a splintered group and years of good work down the drain? Or will all the members, including Philip, find a way to rise to the occasion that brings with it the potential for extraordinary change? In \u003cem\u003eThe Schopenhauer Cure\u003c\/em\u003e, Irvin Yalom elegantly weaves the true story of Schopenhauer's psychological life throughout the narrative, knitting together fact and fiction to form a compellingly readable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A beautifully wrought tale of a therapy group’s final year and a moving debate about the end of life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Considers the value and limits of therapy and those points at which philosophy and psychology converge.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yalom’s enthusiasm is contagious. And he certainly knows how to tell a page-turning story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Meticulous. 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