The New Gods

by Emil M. Cioran

Book Overview

Dubbed "Nietzsche without his hammer" by literary critic James Wood, the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran is known as much for his profound pessimism and fatalistic approach as for the lyrical, raging prose with which he communicates them. Unlike many of his other works, such as On the Heights of Despair and Tears and Saints, The New Gods eschews his usual aphoristic approach in favor of more extensive and analytic essays. Returning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022603710X
• ISBN13: 9780226037103
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"