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Gregor Hens

Biography

Gregor Hens

Gregor Hens is a German writer and translator. He has translated Will Self, Jonathan Lethem and George Packer into German.

Gregor Hens

Books by Gregor Hens

written by Gregor Hens, translated by Jen Calleja - Memoir, Nonfiction

Written with the passion of an obsessive, NICOTINE addresses a lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on his experiences as a smoker from a young age, Gregor Hens investigates the irreversible effects of nicotine on thought and patterns of behavior. He extends the conversation with other smokers to meditations on Mark Twain and Italo Svevo, the nature of habit, and the validity of hypnosis. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of dependency, offering a brilliant analysis of the psychopathology of addiction.