

- Inspiration, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Philosophy, modern, French Philosophy
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Character
Spare, character-led, contemplative and prestige.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Emil Cioran
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 219
- Publisher
- Arcade Pub., Gallimard, Distributed by Little, Brown
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781559704625
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