num_pages: 256
description: â€œInstead of accumulating wisdom, he has shed certainties. Instead of reaching out to touch someone, he has fastidiously cultivated his exemplary solitude. If he is an aphorist, he's one who resembles Nietzsche, not Kahlil Gibran.â€â€”Edmund White, The New York Times In this collection of essays and epigrams, E.M. Cioran gives us portraits and evaluationsâ€”which he calls "admirations"â€”of Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the poet Paul Valery, and Mircea Eliade, among others. In alternating sections of aphorismsâ€”his "anathemas"â€”he delivers insights on such topics as solitude, flattery, vanity, friendship, insomnia, music, mortality, God, and the lure of disillusion.
language: English
title: Anathemas and Admirations
titlecomplete: Anathemas and Admirations
genres: 20th Century, Criticism, Romania, Philosophy, Essays, France, Romanian Literature, French Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1584
publisher: Quartet Books