The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

Name: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Brand: Knopf
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By David Shields

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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.The Thing About Life provokes us to contemplate the brevity and radiance of our own sojourn on earth and challenges us to rearrange our thinking in crucial and unexpected ways.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Release Date:

2009-02-10

Publication Date:

2009-02-10

Publisher:

Knopf

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0307387968

ISBN13:

9780307387967

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

290 g

Height:

132 cm

Width:

203 cm

Thickness:

15 cm

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