I made a quick trip downtown today, on my bike, to the public library. I was looking for books by Peter Handke.
After the controversy when he received the Ibsen Prize, I got curious. I want to read a couple of his books, to make up my own mind.
I wasn't the only one. All the books by Handke were out.
So, I borrowed a book by Stig Sæterbakken instead. He was one of our finest contemporary authors. I say was, because he died in 2012. He committed suicide at the age of 46. He often wrote about dark and unpleasant themes, such as loneliness.
I have always found authors who comitted suicide (for instance Hemingway and Bjørneboe) very inteteresting.
The French/Algerian author Albert Camus said that "the only serious philosophical question is suicide"
All animals and humans have a natural fear of death. Those who commit suicide are able to defeat the greatest of all fears.
Don't worry; I'm not one of them. I just find it interesting>:)
