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E.M. Cioran

The Trouble with Being Born

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Through a series of aphorisms, the Romanian philosopher meditates on the nature of being alive.
In this volume, which reaffirms the uncompromising brilliance of his mind, Cioran strips the human condition down to its most basic components, birth and death, suggesting that disaster lies not in the prospect of death but in the fact of birth, “that laughable accident.” In the lucid, aphoristic style that characterizes his work, Cioran writes of time and death, God and religion, suicide and suffering, and the temptation to silence. Through sharp observation and patient contemplation, Cioran cuts to the heart of the human experience.
“A love of Cioran creates an urge to press his writing into someone’s hand, and is followed by an equal urge to pull it away as poison.” —The New Yorker
“In the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard.” —Publishers Weekly
“No modern writer twists the knife with Cioran’s dexterity. . . . His writing . . . is informed with the bitterness of genuine compassion.” —Boston Phoenix
“An orgy of cynicism and philosophical violence that circles around a ludicrous jibe . . . that the thing to be avoided at all costs is—yes!—getting born. The renewal of Species is an endless holocaust, and in this “fallen universe” the one unpardonable crime is to inflict Life on the unborn.” —The Irish Times (Ireland)
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140 бумажных страниц
Год выхода издания
2013
Переводчик
Richard Howard
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