What is the book 'What is Not in My Books: A Memoir' about?

The life of Viktor Frankl, the famous psychiatrist and founder of logotherapy, has become a lesson in wisdom and courage, and an inspiration for many people around the world. In 1945, he was among the few who managed to survive Auschwitz. The terrible experience of the concentration camp enriched his professional skills as a psychotherapist, and the scientist's mission became to help people find the meaning of life. In this book, Frankl, with his characteristic modest charm, talks about his childhood and youth in Vienna, his work in a psychiatric clinic between the two world wars, his survival in a concentration camp, and life after the war. He explains his differences with Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler and clarifies their influence on logotherapy, provides many details about the development of psychoanalysis and its various directions.

The autobiography of Viktor Frankl is a unique eyewitness account of the main events and spiritual turmoil of the 20th century. The previous edition in Russian was published under the title 'Memories'.

'Every creature is given a weapon for self-defense - some horns, some hooves, a sting or poison, but I have the gift of eloquence.'

'Even in the face of an invincible fate (for example, an incurable disease, inoperable cancer), we are able to give life meaning by bearing witness to the most human of all human gifts: the ability to transform suffering into the fulfillment of the spirit.'

'Aging does not frighten me as long as I manage to grow to the same extent as I age.'

What is not in my books: Memories / Viktor Frankl; Translated from German. — M.: Alpina non-fiction, 2022. — 196 p.
ISBN 978-5-00139-743-4