false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171740130m/117566.jpg 117566 8 Imagine walking across a tightrope suspended high in the summer air above a bay flooded in the mauve glow of sunset, the music of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" surrounding you. Now imagine the tightrope is actually razor-wire, and gusts of wind challenge every tortuous step into sublime infinity. This is the paradox of emotions one feels when reading <b>On the Heights of Despair</b>, the paradigmatic cry of the tortured artist whose explosive intensity of passion is equaled only by the profundity of his despair. In this hauntingly lyrical meditation on darkness, stemming from a sustained insomniac hyper-lucidity, E. M. Cioran cries out a devastating nihilism that is in the end betrayed by his own intransigent lust for being. Compels reading and rereading. 1679415 1990 On the Heights of Despair total:92|5:41|4:33|3:14|2:4|1:0| 92 387 155 7 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:57:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 11:55:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 14:04:15 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 10 18:59:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 17 11:22:25 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 24 05:24:28 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Dec 21 12:27:02 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 09 13:17:00 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon May 07 15:06:50 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 15:08:52 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Feb 12 08:36:07 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 08:45:39 -0800 2008 4 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Dec 20 11:16:12 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 11:17:12 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 19:31:47 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 19:31:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 26 15:18:11 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 15:18:11 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 23:41:24 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 23:41:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 17:27:19 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:27:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 10:24:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 10:24:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 18:33:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 18:34:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 19:26:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 19:26:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 05:14:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 05:14:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 18:05:50 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:05:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 10:06:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:06:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 07:49:30 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:49:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 12:42:17 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:42:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:56:26 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 00:56:26 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=117566