Ebook: The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead
Author: Shields David
- Tags: Shields David -- 1956-, Shields David -- 1956- -- Family., Authors American -- 20th century -- Biography., Authors American -- 20th century -- Family relationships., Fathers and sons -- United States., Medical., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary., LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General., Authors American., Authors American -- Family relationships., Families., Fathers and sons., United States.
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- City: New York, United States
- Language: English
- epub
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.
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