Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl Narrated by Theo Solomon

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The meaning of life has long left humankind struggling with a sense of inferiority, and while there is no one answer, Viktor Frankl is here to help you not feel so lost as you grapple with that undying question. Lose yourself in hope as you find that, whatever your answer, it’s the intention behind it all that matters.

As relevant today as it was when it was first published, Man's Search for Meaning is a book for finding strength and purpose in times of great despair.

“This is a book I reread a lot ... it gives me hope ... it gives me a sense of strength.”-Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN

Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed. Forty-five years later, it was still named one of the most influential books in the United States.

Part One describes his three years in four Nazi concentration camps, which took the lives of his wife, father, mother, and brother. He closely observed inmates' reactions to their situation, as well as how survivors came to terms with their liberation.

Part Two, introducing logotherapy, is an academic discussion of the psychological reactions experienced by all inmates to one degree or another. It solidified Frankl's early theory that humanity's primary motivational force is finding meaning in one's life.

In Germany, titled Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager, or A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camp, its title in the first English translation was From Death-Camp to Existentialism. As of 2022, this book has sold 16 million copies and been published in 52 languages.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

One of the ten most influential books in America. —Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club "Survey of Lifetime Readers"

"An enduring work of survival literature." —The New York Times

"[Man's Search for Meaning] might well be prescribed for everyone who would understand our time." —Journal of Individual Psychology

"An inspiring document of an amazing man who was able to garner some good from an experience so abysmally bad… Highly recommended." —Library Journal

“This is a book I try to read every couple of years. It’s one of the most inspirational books ever written. What is the meaning of life? What do you have when you think you have nothing? Amazing and heartbreaking stories. This is a book that should be in everyone’s library.”
—Jimmy Fallon

“This is a book I reread a lot . . . it gives me hope . . . it gives me a sense of strength.”
—Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN
 
“One of the great books of our time.” —Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

“One of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years.”
—Carl R. Rogers (1959)

New York Times

An enduring work of survival literature.”

Anderson Cooper

This is a book I reread a lot…it gives me hope…it gives me a sense of strength.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940191416366
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	04/09/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	759,040

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