Suicide

By Édouard Levé

"Suicide" cannot be read as simply another novel it is, in a sense, the author s own oblique, public suicide note, a unique meditation on this most extreme of refusals. Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close friend perhaps real, perhaps fictional more than twenty years earlier, Leve gives us, little by little, a striking portrait of a man, with all his talents and flaws, who chose to reject his life, and all the people who loved him, in favor of oblivion. Gradually, through Leve s casually obsessive, pointillist, beautiful ruminations, we come to know a stoic, sensible, thoughtful man who bears more than a slight psychological resemblance to Leve himself. But Suicide is more than just a compendium of memories of an old friend; it is a near-exhaustive catalog of the ramifications and effects of the act of suicide, and a unique and melancholy farewell to life."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564786285
• ISBN13: 9781564786289
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher