David Shields

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141961651
• Artikelnr.: 39189061

Autorenporträt

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