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The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead

By David , Shields

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-307-26849-5, 0307268497, 9781283998758, 1283998750
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
292 kB (298673 bytes)
Pages
225\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

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. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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