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.
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.
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