Farewell to the world : a history of suicide / Marzio Barbagli ; translated by Lucinda Byatt.

Congedarsi dal mondo. English

Cambridge, UK : Polity, [2015]

xii, 408 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Revised and updated English edition.

"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.

Part One. In the West -- The worst sin and the gravest crime -- The key to our prison -- Killing God, oneself and others -- If poverty does not protect -- Part Two. In the East -- Before becoming a widow -- Making the strong and powerful tremble -- The body as a bomb -- Conclusions -- Appendix.