![]() Although he does rhetorically pose the question "Why must one live?". Since the book was intended to be a manual, the author did not spend too much space on discussing the reasons and philosophy behind suicide. The fact that one can easily identify the least painful and easiest method of suicide was controversial at the time of the publication. And in every suicide method, he rates different aspect of suicide such as painfulness, gruesomeness of the body, probability of failure and costs in event of failure, and so on. And I never intend to encourage readers to commit suicide.”Īlthough this book is a manual, the author explains his philosophy throughout, and opposes the social pressure to live strong. So by distributing this book, I want to make this stifling society an easier place to live. In the postscript the author says: ”To think that at the worst crucial moment one can escape from the pain by committing suicide, one can live for the moment easier. It was first published on July 4, 1993, and sold more than one million copies. He is the writer on the problem of "hardness of living" in Japanese society. Complete Suicide Manual ) is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. The Complete Manual of Suicide ( 完全自殺マニュアル, Kanzen Jisatsu Manyuaru, lit.
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