
The Savage God
A Study of Suicide
Al Alvarez(Author)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1st Edition
Published on 4. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7475-5905-4 (ISBN)
Description
Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide. "The Savage God" explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them through the windows of philosophy, art and literature: following the black thread leading from Dante, through Donne, Chatterton and the Romantic Agony, to Dada and Pavese. Entwined within this sensitive study is the author's deeply personal account of his own unsuccessful suicide attempt, and together they form the most fascinating and compelling meditation on the "Savage God" at the heart of human existence.
Reviews / Votes
'To write about suicide... to transform the subject into something beautiful - this is the foreboding task that Alvarez set for himself... he has succeeded' New York TimesMore details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
257 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7475-5905-4 (9780747559054)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
04/2013
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
€16.49
Available for download
Person
Al Alvarez, poet, critic, novelist, sportsman, poker player, has for seventy years been hard to categorize. Author of over twenty books including POKER and THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN he is one of the great writers of the 20th Century.