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"To write a beautiful book about suicide…to transform the subject into something beautiful—this is the forbidding task that A. Alvarez set for himself…He has succeeded." —New York Times

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"The Savage God is the first study to attemp the historical, literary, philosophical dimensions of the mystery of suicide…It is brilliant, touching, and oddly passionate…An ambitious, exhaustive exploration into the nature of the self-destructive element in man." -- Village Voice

Savage God

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    A Paperback by A. Alvarez

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      Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
      Published 6/18/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780393306576
      978-0393306576
      ISBN-10 0393306577

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "To write a beautiful book about suicide…to transform the subject into something beautiful—this is the forbidding task that A. Alvarez set for himself…He has succeeded." —New York Times

      Trade Review
      "The Savage God is the first study to attemp the historical, literary, philosophical dimensions of the mystery of suicide…It is brilliant, touching, and oddly passionate…An ambitious, exhaustive exploration into the nature of the self-destructive element in man." -- Village Voice

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