By turns philosophical and darkly comic, an ex-smoker's meditation on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong addiction Written with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on his experiences as a smoker from a young age, Gregor Hens investigates the irreversible effects of nicotine on thought and patterns of behavior. He extends the conversation with other smokers to meditations on Mark Twain and Italo Svevo, the nature of habit, and the validity of hypnosis. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of dependency, offering a brilliant analysis of the psychopathology of addiction. This is a book about the physical, emotional, and psychological power of nicotine as not only an addictive drug, but also a gateway to memory, a long trail of streetlights in the rearview mirror of a smoker's life. Cigarettes are sometimes a solace, sometimes a weakness, but always a witness and companion. This is a meditation, an ode, and a eulogy, one that will be passed hand-to-hand between close friends.
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Gregor Hens is a German writer and translator. He has translated Will Self, Jonathan Lethem, and George Packer into German.
Jen Calleja is a writer, translator, curator, and musician. She has translated prose and poetry for Bloomsbury, PEN International, the Austrian Cultural Forum London, and the Goethe-Institut.
Titel
Nicotine
Untertitel
A Love Story Up in Smoke
Autor
Übersetzer
EAN
9781590517949
ISBN
978-1-59051-794-9
Format
ePUB
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
10.01.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
24.05 MB
Anzahl Seiten
160
Jahr
2017
Untertitel
Englisch
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