The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead - Paperback

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The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead - Paperback

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead - Paperback

by David Shields
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Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.

"Shields is a sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, at times hilarious writer."
--The Wall Street Journal

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.

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.
ISBN9780307387967
Author David Shields
PublisherKnopf Publishing Group
GenreBiography and Relationships
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About David Shields

David Shields is the author of twenty-five books, including Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (named by Lit Hub in 2020 as one of the most important books of the past decade), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (New York Times bestseller), and Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity (winner of the PEN/Revson Award). Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of The Press Box podcast.

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