/lit/ - Literature

Those books look like they've never been read before. Why buy them?

>>20748004
I dont think there are multiple translations of Cioran into English. If you know a romance language, go with those translations instead.

I find it kind of cute how /lit/ always thinks not only that everything has been translated into English (thus asking: where can I find a/*the* translation?) but also that many will have had multiple translations done.

>>20749338
I did mention English translation. And Cioran is pretty popular

>>20748719
Arcade books are very sturdy. You are wrong.

>>20748004
What's the best place to start with this nigga? I grabbed Temptation to Exist a while back from a thrift store but haven't cracked it yet.
People seem to like Decay as a starting point.

>>20751556
I've heard either "A Short History of Decay" or "The Trouble with Being Born" might be a good place.

>>20748004

This is effectively a complete set (of English translation). The one addition I would suggest is Marta Petreu, An Infamous Past: E. M. Cioran and the Rise of Fascism in Romania.

I don't have a copy of Fall into Time but I've read and handled a physical copy that the library has/had, I think it might have gotten stolen once someone realized its market value. Not that any of it matters, of course. Also I was out in suburban Barnes and Noble land and they had Trouble with Being Born PROMINENTLY FACED with front cover facing out, this board is making him cool and it's a catastrophe on par with creation itself.

Why does anyone like this emo nigga? His aphorisms are nonsensical tumblresque posts.

>“Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, Chaos is being yourself.”
literally meaningless

>“The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.”
?

>“Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and our memory.”
meaningless

>“Once I had a “self”; now I am no more than an object.”
lol


Bargain bin Nietzsche.

>>20753370
Bad translations, maybe?

>>20753370
Retard of the highest degree

Prévis de decomposition is Short story of decay. We have two options: english is a shitty language, or the translator sucks a lot.

Précis de decomposition is Short story of decay. We have two options: english is a shitty language, or the translator sucks a lot.

>>20754010
>Short story of decay
This is what always bothered. I knew eep down it was "story" and not "history". Always read it as "history" too. Thanks.

>>20754010
literal translation would be like "summary of decay", your translation is even worse than howard's. and i think short history is better than the literal "summary", "abstract" or whatever

>>20753370
Hate to agree but I read trouble with being born, that was pretty good. I picked up a history of decay along with draw and quartered they both basically nonsensical.

>>20754911
its understandable, trouble with being born is the cioran book for normies who like true detective, i'd like it more too if i was on that level

Everytime I hear about this sadboi I can't help but wonder how would he react if I pulled my glock and put it to his head, his instintcs would probably take over, he would piss himself and beg for his life. Would probably start appreciating life a bit more then, lol.

>>20754990
Are you saying trouble with being born is bad or Cioran himself is a bad read?

>>20755073
both tho esp. the former

>>20755073
no i mean short history of decay is just much better than trouble with being born.

>>20753370
What's the context? You can't just post lines, post paragraphs.

>>20753370
I prefer real emo aphorisms — Andrea Emo, that is.