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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780241343463 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
128 |
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CIO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Cioran, E. M. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Short history of Decay |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2018 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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185 p. ; |
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20 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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Penguin modern classics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Translated from the French. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe. Touching upon Man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran's essays are pessimistic in the extreme, but also display a beautiful certainty that renders them delicate, vivid, and memorable. Illuminating and brutally honest, A Short History of Decay dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. |
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Human beings |
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Life |
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Philosophy |
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Social psychology |
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Fanaticism |
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Philosophy, Modern |
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Civilization |
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Degeneration |
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Aphoristic essays |
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Worship |
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God |
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Howard, Richard tr. |
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Books |