The Trouble with Being Born by E.M. Cioran

The Trouble with Being Born

E.M. Cioran

212 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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A sort of anti-christ version of Chicken Soup for the Soul. The only complete book of aphormisms that Cioran wrote. A book Nietzsche might have written had he never perished from syphilis. He is the master of the aphormism, this condensed, philoso...

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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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