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This book will trouble many readers, but so did Emerson s essays and Thoreau s Walden. Like those writings, Considering Suicide is non-conformist. It will even irritate those who proudly consider themselves non-conformists. Its essence, however, is not teeth-bearing cynicism or brutal bitterness but manifested hurt, the hurt that comes to a caring and sensitive soul who sees before him the slow but inevitable suicide of the culture in which he has been raised. Throughout the book, from the early diary of a man contemplating the taking of his own life on through the commentary that follows, one question reverberates: Is life worth living? It is, finally, up to the reader to answer the question after being confronted with an uncompromising, totally honest, cuttingly perceptive, and highly intelligent appraisal of the state of the union.
Though anger, even outrage, may appear to dominate the tone of Considering Suicide, notes of pity and love make their way through the loud music of discord to mark the author not as a nihilist but as a deeply spiritual seeker who desires the best for humankind but who is, Jeremiah-like, witnessing their sins of self-destruction. --William B. Dillingham, Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, Emory University
About the Author
Andy Nowicki is a self-identified Catholic reactionary who loathes all modernist dogmas and superstitions. He is the author of The Psychology of Liberalism, and is a regular contributor to the online journal, The Last Ditch. Mr. Nowicki's work has also appeared in Oxford Review and American Renaissance. He teaches college-level English for fun and profit.
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By FRED BOWDEN
This book says life is meaningless, and humans cannot create meaning. Therefore, the author says, humans should embrace Christianity, as a solution to the meaninglessness of life. The problem with that, is MEN CREATED Christianity! Therefore, using the author's own logic, Christianity is meaningless.
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