A Short History of Decay

by Emil M. Cioran

Book Overview

Dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. "To miss reading this book would be a deprivation."-- Los Angeles Times E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history--focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science--in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161145736X
• ISBN13: 9781611457360
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"