Murder as a Branch of Fine Arts

This three-part long essay by Thomas de Quincey, one of the greatest and most neglected writers of nineteenth-century Western literature, looks at one of the most horrifying human acts, 'murder', from an unexpected perspective: A meticulously designed, artistic work with every detail considered. as product. Like a painting, a poem or a composition. This surprising, strange and gripping book, which you will read in İsmet Birkan's excellent translation, is as much about what goes through the mind of a serial killer as it is about how the human mind and the reality of the world, violence and artistry, can mix with each other and make you ask confusing human questions.

"I looked through some Quincey and realized what I was missing by not reading him all this time. You should find any of his writings or books and start..."
Vladimir Nabokov, from a letter to Edmund Wilson

I owe so much to De Quincey that I fear that if I mention only a few of these debts it will be thought that I have no other debts.
Jorge Luis Borges



Number of Pages: 145

Year of Printing: 2007


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2007

Language Turkish