Suicide

Suicide cannot be read as simply another novel-it is, in a sense, the author's own oblique, public...
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Author: Edouard Levé
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Suicide by Levé, Edouard

Suicide

$24.69

Suicide

$24.69
Author: Edouard Levé
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Suicide cannot be read as simply another novel-it is, in a sense, the author's own oblique, public suicide note, a unique meditation on this most extreme of refusals.

Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close friend-perhaps real, perhaps fictional-more than twenty years earlier, Levé gives us, little by little, a striking portrait of a man, with all his talents and flaws, who chose to reject his life, and all the people who loved him, in favor of oblivion. Gradually, through Levé's casually obsessive, pointillist, beautiful ruminations, we come to know a stoic, sensible, thoughtful man who bears more than a slight psychological resemblance to Levé himself. But Suicide is more than just a compendium of memories of an old friend; it is a near-exhaustive catalog of the ramifications and effects of the act of suicide, and a unique and melancholy farewell to life.



Author: Edouard Levé
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 07/29/2025
Pages: 100
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781628976106

About the Author

Édouard Levé (1965-2008), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a writer, photographer, and visual artist. Levé was the author of four books of writing--Oeuvres, Journal, Autoportrait, and Suicide--as well as three books of photography.


Jan Steyn is Associate Professor and the Director of the MFA in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.


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