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Hens, Gregor, 1965-
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Hens, Gregor, 1965-
Ex-smokers -- Germany -- Biography.
Smoking cessation -- Biography.
Smoking -- Psychological aspects.
Nicotine addiction -- Biography.
Tobacco -- Psychological aspects.
Tobacco habit -- Biography.
Authors, German -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Hens, Gregor, 1965-
Hens, Gregor, 1965-
Ex-smokers -- Germany -- Biography.
Smoking cessation -- Biography.
Smoking -- Psychological aspects.
Nicotine addiction -- Biography.
Tobacco -- Psychological aspects.
Tobacco habit -- Biography.
Authors, German -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Nicotine
/ Gregor Hens ; translated from the German by Jen Calleja ; with an introduction by Will Self.
by
Hens, Gregor, 1965-
Other Press, 2017, c2015.
Call #:
362.296092 H526n
Subjects
Hens, Gregor, 1965-
Ex-smokers
--
Germany
--
Biography
.
Smoking cessation
--
Biography
.
Smoking
--
Psychological aspects.
Nicotine
addiction
--
Biography
.
Tobacco
--
Psychological aspects.
Tobacco habit
--
Biography
.
Authors, German
--
21st century
--
Biography
.
ISBN:
9781590517932 (hc.)
Description:
xxiii, 176 p. : ill.
Notes:
Translation of: Nikotin.
"First English edition published in Great Britain by Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2015"--Title page verso.
Summary:
By turns philosophical and darkly comic, an ex-smoker's meditation on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong
addiction
. Written with the passion of an obsessive, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on his experiences as a smoker from a young age, Gregor Hens investigates the irreversible effects of
nicotine
on thought and patterns of behavior. He extends the conversation with other smokers to meditations on Mark Twain and Italo Svevo, the nature of habit, and the validity of hypnosis. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of dependency, offering a brilliant analysis of the psychopathology of
addiction
. A book about the physical, emotional, and psychological power of
nicotine
as not only an addictive drug, but also a gateway to memory, a long trail of streetlights in the rearview mirror of a smoker's life. Cigarettes are sometimes a solace, sometimes a weakness, but always a witness and companion. Gregor Hens is a German writer and translator.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Calleja, Jen.
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