{"product_id":"the-temptation-to-exist-9781611457384","title":"The Temptation to Exist","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of eleven essays, when originally published in France, created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e first introduced this brilliant European thinker twenty years ago to American readers, in a superb translation by Richard Howard. This literary mystique around Cioran continues to grow, and \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e has become an underground classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word \u003ci\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cioran, E. M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611457384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"E. M. Cioran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39782815465547,"sku":"9781611457384","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_12735129-c9a2-455b-a3de-a26a85ac7ce3.jpg?v=1654886328","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-temptation-to-exist-9781611457384","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}