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I reviewed psychotherapist Irvin Yalom's "Staring at the Sun" on November 26, 2007. At that time, Amazon had just introduced the Vine program. Yalom's book was my first Vine review and my first experience with his writing. I learned a great deal from the book about Yalom's approach to psychotherapy, his love for philosophy, his naturalism, and his love for life.
All things change and pass away, including online book reviews. My review of this book was deleted when Amazon restructured the Vine program. The book survives its reviews and the wisdom it includes survives the book. In that sense, the loss of the initial review is of no matter. Many perceptive reviews are still available here on Amazon to help readers with the book and to help them understand if the book is for them.
An excerpt from my review still is available as I quoted from the review in a review of a documentary about Yalom called, "Yalom's Cure". I don't have a copy of my initial review, but perhaps the chance quotation I saved will give readers a sense of the book and its themes. The review said in part.
"In facing and coming to terms with death, Dr Yalom counsels that one must learn to love and find meaning in one's life, as Dr. Yalom says he has been able to do in his life through his career, writing, family, and friends. Consistently with Epicurus and a host of other teachers, Dr. Yalom finds the value of life heightened by an appreciation of its transience. He writes "The way to value life, the way to feel compassion for others, the way to love anything with greatest depth is to be aware that these experiences are destined to be lost.""
After my review of "Staring at the Sun" I became interested in Yalom's writings and reviewed his three philosophical novels on Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Spinoza. I have learned from him. Philosophically inclined readers will enjoy "Staring at the Sun" as well as other books by Irvin Yalom.
Robin Friedman
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 20, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780470401811
- ISBN-13: 978-0470401811
- ASIN: 0470401818
- Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.9 x 8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Average Customer Review: 174 customer reviews
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#12,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14 in Popular Developmental Psychology
- #78 in Aging (Books)
- #82 in Love & Loss
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