{"product_id":"suicide-9781628976106","title":"Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuicide\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting 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 \u003ci\u003eSuicide\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÉdouard Levé\u003c\/b\u003e (1965-2008), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a writer, photographer, and visual artist. Levé was the author of four books of writing--\u003ci\u003eOeuvres\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutoportrait\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuicide--\u003c\/i\u003eas well as three books of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Steyn\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and the Director of the MFA in Literary Translation at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500928205074,"sku":"9781628976106","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f961f92-08b4-4068-9549-6a3a58dac8ae.jpg?v=1753204925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/suicide-9781628976106","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}