Irvin Yalom's new work is certainly an event. The storyteller's talent is clearly visible even in those of his books that are devoted to special topics. Here his gift as a writer simply shines.

You can endlessly hear that the word heals, history teaches, but at the same time remain a complete skeptic. But once you open Yalom’s book and read the first few lines, these truths cease to be banal. The author is a wonderful storyteller, he not only knows how to tell, he loves to do it. When you take this book in your hands, you are left alone with the author and become not a reader, but rather a listener. Well, and, of course, a student, because this narrator teaches. And when he says, “Listen to your patients. Let them teach you,” for a moment you change places: you become the doctor, and Yalom becomes your patient who teaches his therapist. Just let him do it.