Lars Iyer

Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes of Spurious and Dogma called Uproarious by the New York Times Book Review return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply although not short enoughthe two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges that will save the study of philosophy after the long intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century.For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isnt free, you know.

A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that dont serve Plymouth Ginis this the Apocalypse or is it just America? The apocalypse is imminent, thinks W. He has devoted his life to philosophy, but he is about to be cast out from his beloved university. His friend Lars is no help at allhes too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his flat. A drunken lecture tour through the American South proves to be another colossal mistake. In desperation, the two British intellectuals turn to Dogma, a semi-religious code that might yet give meaning to their lives. Part Nietzsche, part Monty Python, part Huckleberry Finn, Dogma is a novel as ridiculous and profound as religion itself. The sequel to the acclaimed novel Spurious, Dogma is the second book in one of the most original literary trilogies since Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable.

In a raucous debut that summons up Britain''s fabled Goon Squad comedies, writer and philosopher Lars Iyer tells the story of someone very like himself with a "slightly more successful" friend and their journeys in search of more palatable literary conferences and better gin. One reason for their journeys: the narrator''s home is slowly being taken over by a fungus that no one seems to know what to do about. Before it completely swallows his house, the narrator feels compelled to solve some major philosophical questions (such as "Why?") and the meaning of his urge to write, as well as the source of the fungus ... before it is too late. Or, he has to move.

A witty and sharp romantic novel from critically acclaimed author Lars Iyer.The unruly undergraduates at Cambridge have a nickname for their new lecturer: Wittgenstein Jr. Hes a melancholic, tormented genius who seems determined to make them grasp the very essence of philosophical thought. But the students are too busy getting drunk on lethal homemade cocktails, falling in and out of love and coming to terms with the life waiting for them after Cambridge.And as they scramble to discover what, indeed, they have to gain from the experience, they realize that their teacher is struggling to survive. As Wittgenstein Jr. becomes more withdrawn and depressive, the students come to realise just how much he needs themand just how much he means to them.Combining his trademark wit and sharp brilliance, Wittgenstein Jr is Lars Iyers most assured and ambitious novel yetas impressive, inventive and entertaining as it is extraordinarily stirring.

Cuando el capitalismo salvaje —y sus consecuencias: consumismo desenfrenado, idiotez generalizada, infantilismo mundial, destrucción de la Tierra— ha ganado una partida que le aboca irremediablemente

Segunda entrega de la trilogía sobre al absurdo de la vida contemporánea y la imposibilidad de la vida intelectual en ésta. En esta ocasión, los protagonistas se embarcan en una serie de viajes profesionales, a la par que fundan un nuevo movimiento literario, DOGMA, y se dedican a ejecutar presentaciones bajo las "reglas" del mismo. Todo ello siendo cada vez mas conscientes de que "el fin se acerca".

Imaginons un écrivain, solitaire perché au sommet d’une montagne, redescendre peu à peu parmi les vivants, en l’espèce les citadins. Bientôt, il s’installe lui-même en ville. Il continue de vendre se

Imaginons un écrivain, solitaire perché au sommet d’une montagne, redescendre peu à peu parmi les vivants, en l’espèce les citadins. Bientôt, il s’installe lui-même en ville. Il continue de vendre se

In a raucous debut that summons up Britains fabled Goon Squad comedies, writer and philosopher Lars Iyer tells the story of someone very like himself with a "slightly more successful" friend and their journeys in search of more palatable literary conferences and better gin. One reason for their journeys: the narrators home is slowly being taken over by a fungus that no one seems to know what to do about. Before it completely swallows his house, the narrator feels compelled to solve some major philosophical questions (such as "Why?") and the meaning of his urge to write, as well as the source of the fungus ... before it is too late. Or, he has to move.

In a work of blistering dark hilarity, a young Nietzsche experiences life in a metal band & the tribulations of finals season in a modern secondary schoolWhen a new student transfers in from a posh private school, he falls in with a group of like-minded suburban stoners, artists, and outcaststoo smart and creative for their own good. His classmates nickname their new friend Nietzsche (for his braininess and bleak outlook on life), and decide he must be the front man of their metal band, now christened Nietzsche and the Burbs. With the abyss of graduationnot to mention their first giglooming ahead, the group ramps up their experimentations with sex, drugs, and...nihilist philosophy. Are they as doomed as their intellectual heroes? And why does the end of youth feel like such a universal tragedy? And as they ponder lifes biggies, this sly, elegant, and often laugh-out-loud funny story of would-be rebels becomes something special: an absorbing and stirring reminder of a particular, exciting yet bittersweet moment in life...and a reminder that all adolescents are philosophers, and all philosophers are adolescents at heart.

"Memorable characters make this a singular exploration of the human condition." - Publishers WeeklyA scathingly funny look at a group of quirky graduate students majoring in Disaster Studies who are forced to reconsider their cynicism when they confront a new student who, remarkably, has the same name as the 20th Century Catholic mystic philosopher Simone Weil ...My Weil follows a group of twenty-something PhD students of the new-fangled subject Disaster Studies at an inferior university in Manchester, England, the post-industrial city of so much great music and culture. Theyre working class, by turns underconfident and grandiose (especially when they drink) and are reconciled to never finishing their dissertations or finding academic jobs.Their immediate enemies are the drone-like Business Studies students all around them, as well as the assured and serene PhD students of the posh university up the road. And theyre working together on a film, through which theyre trying to make sense of their lives in Manchester and, in particular, to the Ees, a mysterious patch of countryside that appears to have supernatural qualities.Into their midst arrives Simone Weil, a PhD student, a version of the twentieth century philosopher, who becomes the unlikely star of their film. Simone is devout, ascetic, intensely serious, and busy with risky charity work with the homeless. Valentine, hustler-philosopher, recognises Simone as a fellow would-be saint. But Gita, Indian posh-girl, is suspicious: whats with Simones nun-shoes? And Marcie (AKA Den Mom), the leader of the pack, is too busy with her current infatuation, nicknamed Ultimate Destruction Girl, to notice.The narrator, Johnny, who was brought up in care and is psychologically fragile, and deeply disturbed by the poverty of his adopted city, gradually falls in love in Simone. But will his love be requited? Will Simone be able to save the souls of her new friends and Manchester itself from apocalypse?

A plague of rats, the end of philosophy, the cosmic chicken, and bars that dont serve Plymouth Ginis this the Apocalypse or is it just America? The apocalypse is imminent, thinks W. He has devoted his life to philosophy, but he is about to be cast out from his beloved university. His friend Lars is no help at allhes too busy fighting an infestation of rats in his flat. A drunken lecture tour through the American South proves to be another colossal mistake. In desperation, the two British intellectuals turn to Dogma, a semi-religious code that might yet give meaning to their lives. Part Nietzsche, part Monty Python, part Huckleberry Finn, Dogma is a novel as ridiculous and profound as religion itself. The sequel to the acclaimed novel Spurious, Dogma is the second book in one of the most original literary trilogies since Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable.

A wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy.Lars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes of Spurious and Dogmacalled Uproarious by the New York Times Book Reviewreturn and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.With philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supplyalthough not short enoughthe two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movementconducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridgesthat will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century.For another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isnt free, you know.

Combinado literario influenciado por Bernhard, Beckett, Bolaño y Vila-Matas, y salpicado del humor absurdista de los Monty Python, Magma es la primera parte de una obra que ya ha sido calificada en medios británicos y estadounidenses como una de las más brillantes de la década.