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Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality [EPUB ebook]

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A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
Masterful essays that illuminate not only how we die but also how we live.

Thomas Lynch, poet, funeral director, and author of the highly praised The Undertaking, winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award, continues to examine the relations between the ‘literary and mortuary arts.’

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Thomas Lynch’s stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, Harper’s, the New York Times, and elsewhere. His first collection of essays, The Undertaking, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Lynch lives in Milford, Michigan.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 192 ● ISBN 9780393344295 ● Mărime fișier 3.6 MB ● Editura W. W. Norton & Company ● Țară US ● Publicat 2001 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 7468706 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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