{"product_id":"the-suicides-9781681378862","title":"The Suicides","description":"\u003cb\u003eA reporter embarks on an investigation of a string of unconnected suicides--which then leads into an exploration of the phenomenon of suicide itself--in this elegant existential novel, the third and final volume of Antonio Di Benedetto's Trilogy of Expectation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A stymied reporter in his early thirties embarks on an investigation of three unconnected suicides. All he has to go on are photos of the faces of the dead. Other suicides begin to proliferate, while a colleague in the archives sends him historical justifications of self-murder by thinkers of all sorts: Diogenes, David Hume, Emile Durkheim, Margaret Mead. His investigation becomes an obsession, and he finds himself ever more attracted to its subject as it proceeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Suicides\u003c\/i\u003e is the third volume of Antonio Di Benedetto's Trilogy of Expectation, a touchstone for Roberto Bola?o and deemed \"one of the culminating moments of twentieth-century fiction\" by Juan Jos? Saer. Following \u003ci\u003eZama\u003c\/i\u003e (set during the eighteenth century) and \u003ci\u003eThe Silentiary\u003c\/i\u003e (set during the 1950s), this final work takes place in a provincial city in the late 1960s, as Argentina plummets toward the \"Dirty War.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Di Benedetto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378862","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293780902025,"sku":"9781681378862","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ff132597-fbaf-4d48-b52c-1b90fe5f56f5.jpg?v=1737442329","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-suicides-9781681378862","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}