The work's prose is a second person narration detailing disconnected episodes about "you", the narrator's friend that committed suicide some twenty years before. The descriptions are never more than a few paragraphs long. They culminate and characterize "you".
After the main body of the work (the prose), there are pages of verse that "your wife" found in "your desk drawer". They are written in first person with the word "me" ending almost every line of each tercet in the English translation.[1][2]
Major themesedit
One of the work's major themes is the coherence of a human life. The narrator and "you" see human life as an absurd collection of meaningless events, but "your" suicide gives previously meaningless actions meaning. "Your" suicide organizes "your" life into a coherent narrative. The narrator claims that "your" suicide has actually become the beginning of "your" life story. The book, fittingly, begins by recounting "your" suicide.[3]
Levé's suicideedit
Much of the analysis and interpretation of Suicide hinges on the fact that ten days after giving the text to his publisher, Levé hanged himself. The book has been interpreted as autobiographical. It has also been viewed as an internal dialogue between the two sides of Levé ("you" and "I").[4]
Throughout the work, Levé ensures "your" motivations for committing suicide are unknown to the narrator and, consequently, the reader. In the book, "you" leave open a comic book to a two-page spread as an explanation of "your" suicide. But, when "your wife" sees "you" dead, she knocks over the comic book. Nobody knows which page "you" thought explained "your" suicide.
Contrastingly, Levé is said to have left a suicide note. Some reviewers say these differences between the book and Levé's own life were meant to separate the book from Levé's own act.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Happiness Sadness Death". berlinbooks.org. March 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^"Seven questions for translator Jan Steyn on Suicide". conversationalreading.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^Suicide by Edouard Levé, Bookforum. Mentions Levé's idea that suicide creates a coherent narrative for a life.
suicide, novel, this, article, about, novel, cause, death, suicide, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, need, rewritten, comply, with, wikipe. This article is about the novel For the cause of death see Suicide This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions May 2023 This article contains weasel words vague phrasing that often accompanies biased or unverifiable information Such statements should be clarified or removed May 2023 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Suicide novel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Suicide is a short novel by Edouard Leve noted for its precise language and seemingly random structure meant to imitate human memory SuicideEnglish editionAuthorEdouard LeveTranslatorJan SteynCountryFranceLanguageFrenchPublisherGallimard French Dalkey Archive Press English Publication date2008Published in EnglishMarch 2010Media typePrintPages128ISBN978 1 56478 628 9 An excerpt of Suicide titled Life in Three Houses appeared in the April 2011 issue of Harper s Contents 1 Plot 2 Major themes 3 Leve s suicide 4 ReferencesPlot editThe work s prose is a second person narration detailing disconnected episodes about you the narrator s friend that committed suicide some twenty years before The descriptions are never more than a few paragraphs long They culminate and characterize you After the main body of the work the prose there are pages of verse that your wife found in your desk drawer They are written in first person with the word me ending almost every line of each tercet in the English translation 1 2 Major themes editOne of the work s major themes is the coherence of a human life The narrator and you see human life as an absurd collection of meaningless events but your suicide gives previously meaningless actions meaning Your suicide organizes your life into a coherent narrative The narrator claims that your suicide has actually become the beginning of your life story The book fittingly begins by recounting your suicide 3 Leve s suicide editMuch of the analysis and interpretation of Suicide hinges on the fact that ten days after giving the text to his publisher Leve hanged himself The book has been interpreted as autobiographical It has also been viewed as an internal dialogue between the two sides of Leve you and I 4 Throughout the work Leve ensures your motivations for committing suicide are unknown to the narrator and consequently the reader In the book you leave open a comic book to a two page spread as an explanation of your suicide But when your wife sees you dead she knocks over the comic book Nobody knows which page you thought explained your suicide Contrastingly Leve is said to have left a suicide note Some reviewers say these differences between the book and Leve s own life were meant to separate the book from Leve s own act 5 References edit Happiness Sadness Death berlinbooks org March 2010 Retrieved 22 May 2023 Seven questions for translator Jan Steyn on Suicide conversationalreading com Retrieved 22 May 2023 Suicide by Edouard Leve Bookforum Mentions Leve s idea that suicide creates a coherent narrative for a life Blogger Bomb site dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suicide novel amp oldid 1210314355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
