《天才、狂人的梅毒之谜》一书大胆提出,贝多芬、舒伯特、舒曼、玛丽·塔德、亚伯拉罕·林肯、福楼拜、莫泊桑、凡·高、尼采、希特勒……这些历史上的天才或狂人,他们共同遭受一种疾病的罪与罚——梅毒。他们忍受极度的痛苦与狂喜的兴奋,有时沮丧得相要自杀,有时变成妄自尊大的偏执狂,到了末期还会发疯。因此,梅毒深深影响他们的世界观、性行为与人格,当然也影响了他们的创作。 Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mary Tade, Abraham Lincoln, Flaubert, Maupassant, Van Gogh, Nietzsche, Hitler ... These histories argue boldly that “the mysteries of genius and madman’s syphilis” Genius or madman, who share the same sin and punishment for a disease - syphilis. They endure extreme agony and ecstasy, sometimes suicidal in frustration, sometimes paranoid paranoid madness, and mad in the latter. As a result, syphilis has a profound impact on their worldview, their sexuality and their personality, and of course, their writing.