--- product_id: 8345632 title: "A Short History of Decay" price: "95.40 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/8345632-a-short-history-of-decay store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # A Short History of Decay **Price:** 95.40 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Short History of Decay - **How much does it cost?** 95.40 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/8345632-a-short-history-of-decay) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Short History of Decay [Cioran, E. M., Howard, Richard, Thacker, Eugene] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Short History of Decay Review: Love hate - Personally I think Cioran is at his funniest in the short aphorism form (eg All Gall is Divided). Here we have page length aphorisms, a la Nietzsche but written as if by some amalgam of a symbolist poet and post-structuralist. The result is somewhat dense, semi-lucid but highly creative and evocative musings on such topics as abstraction, meaning, death, etc. I can see why it’s considered his main work. It’s certainly more work to read! However it’s less enjoyable than the shorter form works. My mind wanders more reading this, where Cioran’s flights of verbal fancy leave me occasionally sighing and then alert. Edit: After making it someway through the book, my opinion of it is elevated for sure. Highly cynical, but does what the best writing is capable of: alters your perspective and gives a new way of looking at things. There are some fabulous sentences here that are truly otherworldly on their beauty as well. Review: GLORIOUSLY INSANELY SANE - a wonderful book - Few - if any - books have made me laugh out loud as often as this one. In a good way. Of recognition, of the cleverness, of the depth of insight into the 'History of Decay' of which we turn the blind eye. This is a glorious book, you smell Nietzsche in there, also in a good way. It's a person alive and Seeing, and I think, like all the Existentialists (who refused the title) he sensed the need to be a prophet for the non-prophet-attitude. Here is also taoism and Zen Buddhism. I absolutely LOVE this book. I am so happy I 'stumbled upon it'. Get it. And as for the difficulty of reading it - it is actually very concise, clear, compact and ALIVE (again, Nietzsche) so give it a go, you might just benefit from pondering what you have read with some breaks now and then, to exactly let it sink in, so we can all adapt to a more honest approach to life. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #62,177 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10 in French Literary Criticism (Books) #39 in Social Philosophy #52 in Modern Western Philosophy | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (287) | | Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.25 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 161145736X | | ISBN-13 | 978-1611457360 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 200 pages | | Publication date | November 13, 2012 | | Publisher | Arcade | ## Images ![A Short History of Decay - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Vo9IbnU8L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love hate *by J***D on October 12, 2024* Personally I think Cioran is at his funniest in the short aphorism form (eg All Gall is Divided). Here we have page length aphorisms, a la Nietzsche but written as if by some amalgam of a symbolist poet and post-structuralist. The result is somewhat dense, semi-lucid but highly creative and evocative musings on such topics as abstraction, meaning, death, etc. I can see why it’s considered his main work. It’s certainly more work to read! However it’s less enjoyable than the shorter form works. My mind wanders more reading this, where Cioran’s flights of verbal fancy leave me occasionally sighing and then alert. Edit: After making it someway through the book, my opinion of it is elevated for sure. Highly cynical, but does what the best writing is capable of: alters your perspective and gives a new way of looking at things. There are some fabulous sentences here that are truly otherworldly on their beauty as well. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GLORIOUSLY INSANELY SANE - a wonderful book *by O***Y on April 25, 2025* Few - if any - books have made me laugh out loud as often as this one. In a good way. Of recognition, of the cleverness, of the depth of insight into the 'History of Decay' of which we turn the blind eye. This is a glorious book, you smell Nietzsche in there, also in a good way. It's a person alive and Seeing, and I think, like all the Existentialists (who refused the title) he sensed the need to be a prophet for the non-prophet-attitude. Here is also taoism and Zen Buddhism. I absolutely LOVE this book. I am so happy I 'stumbled upon it'. Get it. And as for the difficulty of reading it - it is actually very concise, clear, compact and ALIVE (again, Nietzsche) so give it a go, you might just benefit from pondering what you have read with some breaks now and then, to exactly let it sink in, so we can all adapt to a more honest approach to life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cioran *by F***N on November 6, 2025* I love reading Cioran. I've read eleven of his books in my native language. I bought it now for my English. 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