The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Author: David Shields
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2011-03-03
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0141961651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMesmerized 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.