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David Shields
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You”ll Be Dead

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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.
Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers – from Lucretius to Woody Allen – Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.

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格式 EPUB ● 网页 256 ● ISBN 9780141961651 ● 出版者 Penguin Books Ltd ● 发布时间 2011 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2271343 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM

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