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<p><strong>Masterful essays that illuminate not only how we die but also how we live.</strong></p> <p>Thomas Lynch, poet, funeral director, and author of the highly praised <em>The Undertaking</em>, winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award, continues to examine the relations between the "literary and mortuary arts." "Lynch engages the reader with a mixture of poetic and funerary elements....his voice is rich and generous."—Richard Bernstein, <em>New York Times</em> "[W]hat makes him such a fine essayist is that it's just the business of everyday life and death to him."—<em>Los Angeles Times Book Review</em> "Few readers will walk away from this volume less than stunned and grateful."—Jay Parini, author of <em>Benjamin's Crossing</em> "A luminous work of words."—Nicholas Delbanco, author of <em>What Remains</em></p>

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Author

Lynch, Thomas, 1948-

Publisher

New York: W.W. Norton

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393049275

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Poetry, Philosophy

Rating

4.11 / 5 (51 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14