{"product_id":"the-trouble-with-being-born","title":"The Trouble with Being Born","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTranslation of: De l'inconvenient d'etre ne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No modern writer twists the knife with Cioran's dexterity. . . . His writing . . . is informed with the bitterness of genuine compassion.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cioran, E M\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2013-02-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Philosophy \/ History \u0026amp; Surveys \/ Modern|Philosophy \/ Essays|Philosophy \/ Social\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e 20th century|Birth (Philosophy)|Philosophical anthropology|Humanity|Philosophy, French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611457407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781611457407\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52374696984857,"sku":"SP-9781611457407","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781611457407_spiral.png?v=1778483186","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-trouble-with-being-born","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}