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Man's Search for Meaning: Gift Edition

by Viktor E. Frankl

A memoir and a theory of meaning

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Selected as a Library of Congress “10 Most Influential Books in America”

    Selected as a “10 Most Influential Books in America.”

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A memoir and a theory of meaning

Viktor Frankl’s account of imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps is paired with his ideas about logotherapy, which place the search for personal meaning at the center of human motivation. The book connects that framework to the question of how people might find purpose amid suffering and adversity. This revised gift edition adds letters, speeches, essays, and an eight-page photo insert, extending the original memoir with material from Frankl’s work and life. Together, the memoir and supplementary pieces present both an account of survival and an introduction to Frankl’s existential approach to psychotherapy.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Holocaust memoirs and survival literature
  • Readers exploring existential psychotherapy and the search for meaning
  • Those seeking a gift edition with added archival material and photographs

Themes

Meaning and purposeSuffering and adversityPerseveranceExistential psychotherapy

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Book overview

The bestselling Holocaust memoir about finding purpose and strength in times of despair--selected as a Library of Congress "10 Most Influential Books in America"

This stunning gift edition of "one of the great books of our time" (Harold S. Kushner) features photos, end papers, and Frankl's never-before-published speeches and letters.

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how" is the central theme in Man's Search For Meaning.

Hailed as "an enduring work of survival literature" by the New York Times, Viktor Frankl's account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps--and his insights into our ability to find meaning despite great adversity--has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. This stunning hardcover gift edition features previously unpublished material--including letters, speeches, essays, and an 8-page photo insert--that reveal Frankl's enduring lessons on perseverance and strength in even greater depth.

At the heart of Frankl's theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for "meaning") is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl's classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles.

With more than 16 million copies sold in over 50 languages, this timeless masterpiece is "one of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought" (Carl Rogers) and offers inspiration for coping with suffering and finding your purpose.
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