On the Heights of Despair by Emil M. Cioran, Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston

On the Heights of Despair

Emil M. Cioran, Ilinca Zarifopol-Johnston

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging dark reflective slow-paced

128 pages | first published 1933

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Born of a terrible insomnia—"a dizzying lucidity which would turn even paradise into hell"—this book presents the youthful Emil Cioran, a self-described "Nietzsche still complete with his Zarathustra, his poses, his mystical clown's tricks, a whol...
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dark 72%
challenging 63%
reflective 63%
sad 54%
funny 18%
emotional 9%
informative 9%
mysterious 9%

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fast 20%

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