{"product_id":"on-the-heights-of-despair-9780226106717","title":"On the Heights of Despair","description":"Born of a terrible insomnia--\"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell\"--this book presents the youthful Cioran, a self-described \"Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whole circus of the heights.\" \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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No modern writer twists the knife with Cioran's dexterity. . . . His writing . . . is informed with the bitterness of genuine compassion.\"--Bill Marx, \u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The dark, existential despair of Romanian philosopher Cioran's short meditations is paradoxically bracing and life-affirming. . . . Puts him in the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is self-pity as epigram, the sort of dyspeptic pronouncement that gets most people kicked out of bed but that has kept Mr. Cioran going for the rest of his life.\"--Judith Shulevitz, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-62667\"\u003eE. M. Cioran\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.49w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226106717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226106713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI016000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Surveys | Modern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44489222029549,"sku":"9780226106717","price":45.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ee88eae2-ad8f-4832-9444-388a89d9711e.jpg?v=1700863519","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/on-the-heights-of-despair-9780226106717","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}