The Trouble With Being Born

genre:  aphorism
original title:  De l'inconvénient d'être né
original language:  French

The Trouble with Being Born (French: De l'inconvénient d'être né) is a 1973 philosophy book by Romanian author Emil Cioran. The book is presented as a series of aphorisms, meditating primarily on the painful nature of being alive, and how this is connected to other subjects, such as God, metaphysical exile, and decay. In 2020, The Trouble with Being Born became a Penguin Modern Classic.Initially written in French, the 1976 English translation by Richard Howard received the PEN Translation Prize. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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