Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality

Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780393344295
ISBN-13 : 0393344290
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Download or read book Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality written by Thomas Lynch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-06-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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