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Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl’s extraordinary, moving memoir of three years in Nazi death

and labor camps is a literary classic and an inspiration to millions. This 2006
edition features a 57-page added section offering Frankl’s explication of
“logotherapy,” the psychoanalytic method he developed after the war. Frankl
wrote this memoir in nine days in 1946, after returning to his former home in
Vienna, Austria, to learn that the Nazis had murdered his pregnant wife, his
parents, his brother and his community of friends. His unsentimental account
sets out to help readers avoid what he regarded as a misleading, conceptual
trap: thinking of the camps with “sentiment and pity.” As of 2006, Frankl’s
book had sold more than 12 million copies in 22 languages. A 1991 Library of
Congress survey placed it among the “10 most influential books in America.”
In non-English editions, its title is Say Yes In Spite Of Everything; that
exuberance captures Frankl’s belief that what happens to you – including
suffering – is secondary to your response to it. His book teaches that everyone
must find his or her unique meaning and purpose in life, and fulfill it. After
the intense horror of his camp saga, Viktor E. Frankl’s report on his
psychoanalytic approach is less gripping, but quite meaningful. getAbstract
recommends his brilliant, stirring, unforgettable memoir to students of
history, all therapists and, really, to everyone.

Take-Aways
• Viktor E. Frankl, a Viennese doctor and psychiatrist, survived four Nazi
death and labor camps during World War II and developed a deep sense
of the meaning of life.
• In the camps, human life had no worth. Many prisoners lost all scruples
as they fought to endure.
• Without knowing how or why, people can grow accustomed to and cope
with anything.

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About the Author

World-renowned writer and psychotherapist Viktor E. Frankl wrote more
than 30 books on theoretical and clinical psychology.

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Peter Ferraro • 3 years ago

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Michelle Saffy • 3 years ago

An eye-opener

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Anonymous • 3 years ago

Very well done

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Snehal Kale • 3 years ago

Great!!

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juanita Johnson • 3 years ago

there are great truths in suffering and great meaning...I liked the description of his point to life
so honest.

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Stephanie Garcia • 4 years ago

I LOVE IT! Great read.

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nick reid • 5 years ago

An incredible Book

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Mirek Novak • 5 years ago

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