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Evil

Evil

Last updated: December 02, 2023

    The best books on Evil, recommended by Adam Haslett

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    The best books on Evil - Out of Eden by Paul W Kahn

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    Out of Eden
    by Paul W Kahn
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    The best books on Evil - Disowning Knowledge by Stanley Cavell

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    Disowning Knowledge
    by Stanley Cavell
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    The best books on Evil - Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

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    Moby-Dick
    by Herman Melville
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    The best books on Evil - Crude World by Peter Maass

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    Crude World
    by Peter Maass
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    The best books on Evil - Methland by Nick Reding

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    Methland
    by Nick Reding

    • Bestselling author, Adam Haslett, defines the existential origin of evil as the refusal to acknowledge and confront our own mortality. He picks the best books on evil.

  • The best books on Evil - Out of Eden by Paul W Kahn
  • The best books on Evil - Disowning Knowledge by Stanley Cavell
  • The best books on Evil - Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
  • The best books on Evil - Crude World by Peter Maass
  • The best books on Evil - Methland by Nick Reding

The best books on Evil, recommended by Adam Haslett

Bestselling author, Adam Haslett, defines the existential origin of evil as the refusal to acknowledge and confront our own mortality. He picks the best books on evil.

The best books on Evil, recommended by Adam Haslett

    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man

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    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - If This Is a Man by Primo Levi

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    If This Is a Man
    by Primo Levi
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    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski

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    This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
    by Tadeusz Borowski
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    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - Red Cavalry and Other Stories by Isaac Babel

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    Red Cavalry and Other Stories
    by Isaac Babel
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    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

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    Blood Meridian
    by Cormac McCarthy
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    Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - The Known World by Edward P Jones

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    The Known World
    by Edward P Jones

    • When reading books, we often empathize with a main character and find redemption in our emotional response to their fate. But it's more important to think, says Bosnian novelist Aleksandar Hemon. Here, he picks the best books on 'man's inhumanity to man.'

  • Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - If This Is a Man by Primo Levi
  • Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
  • Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - Red Cavalry and Other Stories by Isaac Babel
  • Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
  • Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man - The Known World by Edward P Jones

Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man

When reading books, we often empathize with a main character and find redemption in our emotional response to their fate. But it’s more important to think, says Bosnian novelist Aleksandar Hemon. Here, he picks the best books on ‘man’s inhumanity to man.’

Aleksandar Hemon on Man’s Inhumanity to Man

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