The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature Saltire Society Literary Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year (2016) Ruqaya Izzidien’s evocative debut novel

Ruqaya Izzidien’s evocative debut novel is rich with the heartbreak and passion that arise when personal loss and political zeal collide

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translated into 14 languages

Once Romeo is banished

and all the beauty I couldn't see

The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature Saltire Society Literary Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year (2016) Ruqaya Izzidien’s evocative debut novelAuthor: Reinhard Kuhn Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1976 Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket, some wear and tear to dust jacket, annotations in pencil throughout, otherwise clean Kierkegaard claimed that the gods created man because they were bored, and Baudelaire predicted that the "delicate monster" of boredom would one day swallow up the whole world in an immense yawn. Between these two statements lies the undefined expanse of ennui,