Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Ilse Lasch (Translator), William J. Winslade (Afterword), Harold S. Kushner (Foreword by)

A reviewer
Paula, a teacher, 02/05/2008

This book was required reading for a masters degree class I had and the professor introduced it as 'my gift to you...' It is just that: a gift that we all need to read. It is a book I give as a gift to many. I have never read anything that moved me so deeply. What an incredible man Victor Frankl was. Let us all learn from his life.

Upon Graduating for every College Student
Jenneiy, a Psychology undergraduate, 04/13/2005

Every college student should embark to read this book before entering the world and charting their life. Although I take in the notion that everyone is entitled to follow their life's fate, the negative and harsh life experienes that we may come across should not weigh us down but rather enlighten us. Frankl's meticulous use of words and experience is helpful for any reader to relate it to our own lives. As a soon to be graduating senior from CSUF, I find this book helpful in many aspects struggling a as a minority, female, collective culture and indeed with my own personal experiences. Would like to 'pay it forward' to my collection of colleagues, friends and family.

Read Mans Search for Meaning
A reviewer, A reviewer, 01/06/2005

Victor Frankl's book Mans Search for Meaning is a book unlike anything I have ever read before. This book was absolutly phonominal, it had such a great message throughout every hardship revealed in this book. I really enjoyed learning about Victor's experiences in a concentration camp along with the psycological aspects of his experiences. This book also taught me a lot about the Nazi concentration camps that I didn't know very much about. Overall reading the book was a learning experience and it was a great book.

Great Book
Amanda (Lica612@aol.com), a high school student, 11/26/2003

Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning, was a phenomenal book. In it, Frankl explores the practice of a self-developed breakthrough in psychology called Logotherapy; the search for one's own personal meaning. I loved this book because it spoke truly and I could relate a lot to what is was saying. I would recommed this book to anyone who just wants a good book to enjoy and contemplate.

Changed My Life
Stephanie B. (MsBrooxi@aol.com), Student of Life, 11/05/2003

Reading this book was amazing to me, as not only did it present an incredible picture of the Holocaust, different from anything Hollywood feeds us today, but more importantly it put everything that the author lived through into context of a bigger frame. He had the choice to give into despair or to learn and grow through his horrible horrible experiences, and not only did he emerge triumphant, but he then turned around and used his learnings to help others. A magnificant book - I don't know how anyone can read this and not be profoundly impacted by his story and his thoughts.

Also recommended: The Power of Myth (Campbell / Moyer) Society and its Discontents (Freud)