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'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'

In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to others and how to make ourselves get out of bed in the morning.

In a series of interlinking aphorisms which are at once pessimistic, poetic and extremely funny, Cioran finds a kind of joy in his own despair, revelling in the absurdity and futility of our existence, and our inability to live in the world.

Translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic Richard Howard, The Trouble With Being Born is a provocative, illuminating testament to a singular mind.

The Trouble With Being Born

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'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'In The Trouble... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 29/10/2020
    ISBN13: 9780241467275, 978-0241467275
    ISBN10: 0241467276

    Number of Pages: 192

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.'

    In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to others and how to make ourselves get out of bed in the morning.

    In a series of interlinking aphorisms which are at once pessimistic, poetic and extremely funny, Cioran finds a kind of joy in his own despair, revelling in the absurdity and futility of our existence, and our inability to live in the world.

    Translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic Richard Howard, The Trouble With Being Born is a provocative, illuminating testament to a singular mind.

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