Death: An Oral History

Death: An Oral History
ISBN-10
1942186126
ISBN-13
9781942186120
Series
Death
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2016-08-02
Publisher
PULP
Author
Casey Jarman

Description

In this illuminating collection of oral-history style interviews, Casey Jarman talks to a funeral industry watchdog about the (often shady) history of the death trade; he hears how songwriter David Bazan lost his faith while trying to hold on to his family; he learns about cartoonist Art Spiegelman using his college LSD trips to explain death to his children; and he gets to know his own grandparents, posthumously. These are stories of loss, rebuilding, wonder, and wild speculation featuring everyone from philosophers to former death row wardens and hospice volunteers. In these moving, enlightening, and often funny conversations, the end is only the beginning.

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