Man's Search for Meaning

One of the ten most influential books in America. —Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club “Survey of Lifetime Readers”“Viktor Frankl’s timeless formula for survival. One of the classic psychiatric texts of our time, Man’s Search for Meaning is a meditation on the irreducible gift of one’s own counsel in the face of great suffering, as well as a reminder of the responsibility each of us owes in valuing the community of our humanity. There are few wiser, kinder, or more comforting challenges than Frankl’s.” —Patricia J. Williams, author of Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race“Dr. Frankl’s words have a profoundly honest ring, for they rest on experiences too deep for deception… A gem of a dramatic narrative, focused upon the deepest of human problems.” —Gordon W. Allport, from the Preface“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“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)

Viktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.