Tractatus Logico-Suicidalis (Paperback)
Burger, Hermann (Author)
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"Hermann Burger is one of the truly great authors of the German language: a writer of consummate control and range, with a singular and haunting worldview." -Uwe SchütteIn the tunnel-village of Göschenen, a man named Hermann Burger has vanished without a trace from his hotel room, suspected of suicide. What is found in his room is not a note, but a 124-page manuscript entitled Tractatus Logico-Suicidalis: an exhaustive manifesto comprising 1,046 "thanatological" aphorisms (or "mortologisms") advocating suicide.This "grim science of killing the self" studies the predominance of death over life,...
ISBN (SKU)
9781939663887
Pages
208
Weight
266g
Dimensions
203x140x15
Imprint
Wakefield Press
Published
05, January, 2023
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