How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (Paperback)

2021 Clara Johnson Award from Jane's Stories Press Foundation 2020 Gold Winner for Autobiography & Memoir in the Foreword INDIES Many are haunted and obsessed by their own eventual deaths, but perhaps no one as much as Sue William Silverman. This thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman's attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Her dread was fomented in part by a sexual assault, hidden for years, that led to an awareness that death and sex are in some ways inextricable, an everyday reality many women know too well. Through gallows humor, vivid realism, and fantastical speculation, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences explores this fear of death and the author's desire to survive it. From cruising New Jersey's industry-blighted landscape in a gold Plymouth to visiting the emergency room for maladies both real and imagined to suffering the stifling strictness of an intractable piano teacher, Silverman guards her memories for the same reason she resurrects archaic words-to use as talismans to ward off the inevitable. Ultimately, Silverman knows there is no way to survive death physically. Still, through language, commemoration, and metaphor, she searches for a sliver of transcendent immortality.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Lives
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Sue William Silverman
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-4962-1409-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > Humour collections & anthologies Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-4962-1409-9
Barcode:	9781496214096

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