Suicide 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.
Presenting itself as an investigation into the suicide of a close friend-perhaps real, perhaps fictional-more than twenty years earlier, Lev? 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 Lev?’s casually obsessive, pointillist, beautiful ruminations, we come to know a stoic, sensible, thoughtful man who bears more than a slight psychological resemblance to Lev? himself. But Suicide 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.
Author: Edouard Levé
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 07/29/2025
Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781628976106
Language: English
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