Nietzsche in Turin

Part biography, part critical analysis and commentary on the work and part an attempt to humanise Nietzsche, this well-written and well-researched book explores in particular the last productive year of Nietzsche’s life, which he spent in Turin. During that year he wrote some of his most important works; The Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist and Ecce Homo. Tragically he suffered a complete nervous breakdown the following year and stopped being able to write. I’m not best qualified to talk about Nietzsche's thinking but I found that the book brought Nietzsche the man to life, and made him a sympathetic character to whom I could relate. Not an easy read when considering Nietzsche’s philosophy but accessible and readable when talking about his daily activities, his friendships, his anxieties and his conflicts.