{"product_id":"the-temptation-to-exist","title":"The Temptation to Exist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e E. M. Cioran\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Arcade, 2013-02-01\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of eleven essays, when originally published in France, created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e first introduced this brilliant European thinker twenty years ago to American readers, in a superb translation by Richard Howard. This literary mystique around Cioran continues to grow, and \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation to Exist\u003c\/i\u003e has become an underground classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word \u003ci\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/i\u003e brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137630093481,"sku":"PHBK-9781611457384","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/20507653482761.jpg?v=1780332237","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-temptation-to-exist","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}