{"product_id":"on-the-heights-of-despair-e-m-cioran-paperback","title":"On the Heights of Despair -- E. M. Cioran, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA classic work of philosophical reflection on despair, decay, and the futility of existence that \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e said \"puts Cioran in the company of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Born of a terrible insomnia--\"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell\"--this book presents the potent, self-lacerating insights of the youthful E. M. 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 later, 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. A book to keep at your bedside, as epigrammatic as it is insightful, \u003ci\u003eOn the Heights of Despair\u003c\/i\u003e offers not consolation, but engaging, thought-provoking companionship.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e E. M. Cioran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/1\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.48\" H x 5.49\" L x 0.45\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780226106717\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67379107037488,"sku":"9780226106717","price":48.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780226106717.jpg?v=1784331337","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/on-the-heights-of-despair-e-m-cioran-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}