Books by Christopher Hitchens

A provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages selected by bestselling author Christopher Hitchens

A witty, wise, biting, and completely individual meditation on what it means to think, live, and be to the contrary.

Den 8. juni 2010 faldt Christopher Hitchens om på sit hotelværelse i New York med stærke smerter. Med ét så han sig selv blive bragt fra ”de raskes verden over den skarpt optrukne grænse til sygdommens land”. I løbet af de følgende 18 måneder, frem til sin død af kræft i spiserøret den 15. december 2011, skrev han om sine oplevelser i de døendes rige.Under hele forløbet insisterer Hitchens på at modsætte sig religionens trøst og møde døden med åbne øjne. I DØDELIGHED beskriver han sygdommens plager, diskuterer dens tabuer og undersøger, hvordan sygdom ændrer vores forhold til omverdenen. I takt med at kræften invaderer Hitchens krop – han opdager pludselig, at han ikke har en krop, men er en krop – tvinges han til at tage livtag med dødens gåde.DØDELIGHED er en både personlig og filosofisk bog om til det sidste at insistere på fornuften.”Hvad håber jeg på? Hvis ikke en kur, så i hvert fald en lindring. Og hvad vil jeg have tilbage? Med den smukkest tænkelige sammenstilling af to af de enkleste ord i vores sprog: talefriheden.” - fra bogen

The provocative bestseller from Britain's foremost controversial thinker is now in paperback: 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan

Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great. 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan

A beautifully written introduction to the making, and message, of a book that was central to the foundation of the United States - the world's most powerful republic: 'Christopher Hitchens... at his characteristically incisive best.' (The Times)

A celebration of writers and their encounters with politics and public life from one of our greatest critics

'I suppose that, if this collection has a point, it is the desire of one individual to see the idea of confrontation kept alive' -- Christopher Hitchens, Introduction

On November 26, 2010, intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens went head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western worlds most openly devout political leaders, on the highly charged topic of religion.