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The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead
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Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father’s vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being.Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers – from Lucretius to Woody Allen – Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.181 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.6 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 256 |
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| Year Published | 2011-3-3 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0141049499 |
| About The Author | David Shields is the author of nine other books, including Reality Hunger and Black Planet, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has been translated into a dozen languages.www.davidshields.com |
So pure and wide in its implications that I think of it almost as a secular, unsentimental Kahlil Gibran: a textbook for the acceptance of our fate on earth |
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| Other text | Breathtaking . . . Shields had us laughing out loud, even in the face of death |
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