Thing about Life is that One Day You'll be dead

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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! the author renders both a hilarious family portrait and a resonant meditation on mortality. Zusammenfassung 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, the author renders both a hilarious family portrait and a resonant meditation on mortality.

Product details

• Authors: David Shields
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780141049496
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104949-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Coping with death and bereavement, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying