Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2013-09-05

Books mentioned on The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast)

2 books · With Dan Everett, Steven D. Levitt, David Lester, Matt Ray, Vera Lynn Williams, Donna Barnes, Sean Cole, David Phillips, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Zoltan Riemer, Sylvia Latomerski, Katalin Zanto, Agnes Rácznagy, Bela Buda, You See, Dan Hamermesh, Margaret Batten, Margaret Heilbrun · Listen

There are more than twice as many suicides as murders in the U.S.

Sean Cole discussed The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Margaret Heilbrun discussed The Last Gift of Time by Carolyn G. Heilbrun.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Sorrows of Young Werther

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · at 20:55

   The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that chronicles the intense, unrequited romantic passion and ultimate tragic demise of a young artist.

   Discussed

   “The Sorrows of Young Werthe was written mostly as a series of fictional letters by a young, dilettante artist named Werthe.”

   Sean Cole The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) 2013-09-05 ▶ Play 20:55

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   The Last Gift of Time

   Carolyn G. Heilbrun · at 53:05

   The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond 60 by Carolyn G.

   Discussed

   “She even wrote a book called The Last Gift of Time, Life Beyond 60. Her daughter says she took a lot of pleasure in life, even the small things.”

   Margaret Heilbrun The Suicide Paradox (Rebroadcast) 2013-09-05 ▶ Play 53:05

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