{"product_id":"on-the-heights-of-despair-paperback","title":"On the Heights of Despair - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Cioran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIlinca Zarifopol-Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic work of philosophical reflection on despair, decay, and the futility of existence that \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e said \"puts Cioran in the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard\"\u003c\/b\u003e Born of a terrible insomnia--\"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell\"--this book presents the potent, self-lacerating insights of the youthful E. M. Cioran, a self-described \"Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whole circus of the heights.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Heights of Despair\u003c\/i\u003e shows Cioran's first grappling with themes he would return to in his later, mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence. It also presents Cioran as a connoisseur of apocalypse, a theoretician of despair, for whom writing and philosophy both share the \"lyrical virtues\" that alone lead to a metaphysical revelation.\u003cbr\u003e A book to keep at your bedside, as epigrammatic as it is insightful, \u003ci\u003eOn the Heights of Despair\u003c\/i\u003e offers not consolation, but engaging, thought-provoking companionship.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn of a terrible insomnia which E. M. Cioran called 'a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell, ' this book presents the young philosopher, a self-described 'Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whole circus of the heights. An exorcism of despair, this book offers insights into the ironic anguish of Cioran's philosophic mind while providing fascinating information on his early development as a writer and thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.48 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53057636729056,"sku":"9780226106717","price":55.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/MqYCf_e8F59780226106717.webp?v=1781379419","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-heights-of-despair-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}