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E. M. Cioran
Anathemas and Admirations [EPUB ebook]

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In this collection of essays and epigrams, E.M. Cioran gives us portraits and evaluationswhich he calls "admirations"of Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the poet Paul Valery, and Mircea Eliade, among others. In alternating sections of aphorismshis "anathemas"he delivers insights on such topics as solitude, flattery, vanity, friendship, insomnia, music, mortality, God, and the lure of disillusion.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 272 ● ISBN 9781611457810 ● Translator Richard Howard ● Publisher Arcade Publishing ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2767468 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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