The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
by:
Thomas Lynch (author)
“[Lynch] brings the lessons of death to life, and turns life and death into art.” —Time Out New YorkHere is the voice of both witness and functionary. Lynch stands between “the living and the living who have died” with outrage and amazement, awe and calm, straining for the brief glimpse we...
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“[Lynch] brings the lessons of death to life, and turns life and death into art.” —Time Out New YorkHere is the voice of both witness and functionary. Lynch stands between “the living and the living who have died” with outrage and amazement, awe and calm, straining for the brief glimpse we all get of what mortality means to a vital species.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393334876 (0393334872)
ASIN: 393334872
Publish date: June 22nd 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
Book Club,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Poetry,
Death
Beautifully, poetically written. An important contribution to the discussion of death (which is not addressed enough in this country). I was most fond of Lynch's personal take on mortuary science: for example, how being an undertaker caused his father to see danger in every activity his kids enga...
Richard Bernstein said that, "Mr. Lynch emerges as a cross between Garrison Keillor and one of the Irish poets." This seems like a good description to me, though my experience with both is fairly limited. Lynch puts his poetry skills to good use, turning phrases, intertextualizing, crafting and coin...
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