To Noemi and Matteo
that their lives may be free and happy
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First published in Italian as Congedarsi dal mondo. Il suicidio in Occidente e in Oriente © Società editrice Il Mulino, Bologna, 2009
This revised and updated English edition © Polity Press, 2015
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-8042-2
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barbagli, Marzio, 1938-
[Congedarsi dal mondo. English]
Farewell to the world : a history of suicide / Marzio Barbagli. -- English edition.
pages cm
“First published in Italian as Congedarsi dal mondo : il suicidio in Occidente e in Oriente, Societa Editrice Il Mulino SPA, 2009”--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7456-6244-2 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-7456-6245-9 (paperback) 1. Suicide--History. 2. Suicide--Sociological aspects. I. Title.
HV6545.B24513 2015
362.2809--dc23
2014049462
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