Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science & Medicine, Adult, Bestsellers
ISBN: 9781846041242
Published: May 2008
Imprint: Rider
Page Extent: 160
Format: A-format paperback
RRP 250.00

Man’s Search For Meaning

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About the book

The moving true story of psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl's time as a prisoner in Auschwitz and what we can learn from his experience.

OVER 16 MILLION COPIES SOLD

'A book to read, to cherish, to debate, and one that will ultimately keep the memories of the victims alive' John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why

In 1942, just months after marrying his wife, Viktor Frankl and his family were sent, first to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and then to Auschwitz.

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the...

About the Author

Viktor E Frankl

Viktor E Frankl

Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna in 1905 and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School. His wife, father, mother and brother all died in Nazi concentration camps, only he and his sister survived, but he never lost the qualities of compassion, loyalty, undaunted spirit and thirst for life (earning his pilot’s licence aged 67). He died in Vienna in 1997.

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