Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

By: Viktor E. Frankl

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Viktor Frankl is known to millions of listeners as a psychotherapist who has transcended his field in his search for answers to the ultimate questions of life, death, and suffering. Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning explores the sometimes unconscious basic human desire for inspiration or revelation and illustrates how life can offer profound meaning at every turn.

©2000 Viktor Frankl (P)2007 Gildan Media Corp

Critic reviews

"A truly important book." (Rabbi Harold Kushner)
"Brilliant! In this audiobook, we are privileged to share the richness of Frankl's experience and depth of his wisdom." (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.)
"A powerful psychological exploration of the religious quest. Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning is to be treasured by psychologists and theologians and by men and women who wrestle with ultimate questions and encounter God as often in the question as in the answer." (Michael Berenbaum)

I liked it

interesting I think everyone should read Viktor Frankl Man's Search for meaning. hope you enjoy it as much as I do

Not for everybody, but an excellent read

This book is for people who want to learn about themselves a little bit, not for everybody

Must read for any Viktor Frankl enthusiast!

(Ties his work on Logotherapy to larger questions of meaning that take the conversation toward the question of religious faith in the Tillichian sense)

Finding Meaning Saves Us

This book has been in my library for decades, and is one of my 'go-to' books for my work in behavioral health, as well as my personal life. Viktor Frankl is one of my heroes, and continues to be an inspiration in my work as a nurse and a therapist. Logottherapy- the work of helping a patient/client find meaning in their life when they feel despair and exist in what he called an 'existential vaccum'- is the work that came from Viktor's experiences in the Camps in WWII. I have given this book to so many people, patient and friend alike, and have always heard back from them that this is the story that turned them around in their heart. I was so excited to find it in a format where I could listen as someone told me the story; it was like Viktor himself was telling me his story. My connection to this story deepened so much when I heard the words. This is a book I would require any person studying to do therapy or anything in behavioral health or human services to study in their training so that they would know the meaning of finding a purpose to help us go on.

A fascinating study loaded with truth bombs

Plays out like a curiosity, explained by a scientist defended with self derived ezperience mixed with studied behavior, loaded with quotes that shook my world. Good book.

excellent book, read too speedily

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend the book, but not this audio version, as the material, though clearly read, was read too speedily. The depth of the subject matter would have benefited from a slower pace.

What did you like best about this story?

Frankel's analysis, insight and clarity is nothing short of outstanding.

What aspect of Grover Gardner’s performance would you have changed?

The book was clearly read, and Gardner's reading certainly demonstrated his comprehension of, and perhaps affinity for, the subject. The reading was so speedy, however, I felt as if he was given a time limit in which he needed to complete the reading. Subject matters such as this require a bit of give and take in the reading speed to allow the mind to encounter, process and engage large concepts.

My existential vacuum for the first few chapters was filled by the last few

If you have read MSFM ahead of this you can understand just enough to hang in there until the last two or three chapters. Realizing the heart of the man in the street is about all I can understand. I probably should have looked up noagenic somewhere along the way. Some of the concepts need a diagram to grasp. Seriously though I can away with a better grasp on my suffering and dealing with my relationship to God.

Thought is was good

What made the experience of listening to Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning the most enjoyable?

Focus is more on the theory and not an autobiography

Who was your favorite character and why?

Victor Frankl

Which scene was your favorite?

the second last chapter

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Man's search for ultimate meaning

Meaning in a bottle !

The best book that one could possibly read or hear to gain the meaning of life and define ones purpose.

existential

It's interesting that so many people have read this book and no one has ever counted how many times the word existential is used in this book. I was unable to count how many times the word existential with used in this book, but it was used so many times that I am now convinced Victor Frankel is an ex essentialist. So if you're interested in this book it's good to know about existentialism before listening or reading it. I didn't know much about existentialism until listening to this book. this book has been also edited a lot throughout the years, for example it was first published in 1946 and suddenly they're talking about LSD. LSD was of course not popular until the 1970s, and they also referred to television, which wasn't popular in the 1940s. honestly an unedited version of this book would probably be better. I don't feel that it was necessary to add things that are irrelevant to the time that the writer wrote the book. If anything the additions of themes being irrelevant to this book took away from its meaning. in other words I don't think this bool should've been edited to revolve around the time of its editing. nevertheless this is a wonderful audiobook and the performance by Grover Gardner was spectacular. Grover became Frankel to read this book.