{"product_id":"the-temptation-to-exist-paperback","title":"The Temptation to Exist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Cioran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Howard\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of eleven essays, when originally published in France, created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e first introduced this brilliant European thinker twenty years ago to American readers, in a superb translation by Richard Howard. This literary mystique around Cioran continues to grow, and \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e has become an underground classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word \u003ci\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725341855807,"sku":"9781611457384","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/53023646881a6602fd6abb7c32b45f9d.webp?v=1765106184","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-temptation-to-exist-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}