A Short History of Decay - Softcover

Cioran, E. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161145736X ISBN 13: 9781611457360

Verlag: Arcade Publishing, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Rare Book

Über diesen Titel

Críticas:

Anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humor, and pathos of a classic literature that, through a shared historical experience, transcends national and linguistic boundaries. To miss reading this book would be a deprivation.

Reseña del editor:

E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history-focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science-in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe. Touching upon Man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran's pieces are pessimistic in the extreme, but also display a beautiful certainty that renders them delicate, vivid, and memorable. Illuminating and brutally honest, A Short History of Decay dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Arcade Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 161145736X
• ISBN 13: 9781611457360
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200