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A Short History of Decay (Paperback)

by E.M. Cioran (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Arcade; 1st Arcade Paperback Ed edition (15 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1559704640
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559704649
  • Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 463,497 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Book that Reade Cioran's Reputation, 22 Jul 2004
Cioran became a famous young writer in Romania, but left Romania for France in 1937 and made Paris his home. This was the first book he published in French, under the title PRECIS DE DECOMPOSITION. It won the Prix de Rivarol for the best French book by a non-French author, and for decades it was the book that overshadowed everything else he published. If a reader wants to know Cioran, this book cannot be ignored. It introduces almost all of the themes he would make his own--suicide, insomnia, solitude, the importance of sickness, repugnance for professional philosophy--and is the longest book he ever published in French. Richard Howard, the notable translator of many great French authors, has devoted his talents to translating all of Cioran's French books, and has done his typically splendid job. The translation is complete, utterly reliable, and catches all the sneer and boil of Cioran's own style.

This is not a history. It is a series of very short essays, a few paragraphs each, on associated topics, most of which deal with his deep skepticism about God and man. Cioran spent years writing and rewriting the book and in later years complained that it was overwritten. I think the elder Cioran was correct in his assessment of the younger Cioran. Even so, it is a book worth careful reading because the young Cioran pushed himself so hard, both in his thinking and in his attention to style.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love this kind of sadness, 13 Jan 1999
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if you want to have a new vision of history and of mankind, this is the best book in order to open your eyes
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