The Trouble with Being Born by E.M. Cioran

The Trouble with Being Born

E.M. Cioran with Richard Howard (Translator)

217 pages first pub 1973 (editions) user-added

nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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In this volume, which reaffirms the uncompromising brilliance of his mind, Cioran strips the human condition down to its most basic components, birth and death, suggesting that disaster lies not in the prospect of death but in the fact of birth, "...

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reflective 82%
dark 73%
challenging 40%
sad 27%
emotional 23%
funny 18%
inspiring 12%
informative 8%
tense 6%
mysterious 4%
relaxing 4%
adventurous 1%

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slow 48%
medium 28%
fast 22%

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