{"product_id":"the-grim-reader-writings-on-death-dying-and-living-on-paperback-1","title":"The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying, and Living On - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaura Spiegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Tristman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best classic and contemporary writing on mortality--from Montaigne to Monty Python--to produce an essential resource for the heart and mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fear of death, the pain of bereavement, the art of consolation, and the custom of mourning--these are experiences with which all mortals must reckon. In \u003ci\u003eThe Grim Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, idiosyncratic and always enlightening pieces are grouped into thematic parts in which a diversity of perspective on death are revealed. From death in its most personal sphere to the major issues of death in the public realm, \u003ci\u003eThe Grim Reader \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh and unmediated encounter with mortality and the many dimensions of grief and recovery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA compelling collection of poems, fiction, letters, historical documents, essays, and narrations from a wide variety of writers, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVladimir Nabokov - John Ashbery - Samuel Beckett\u003cbr\u003eAdam Smith - Simone de Beauvoir - Grace Paley\u003cbr\u003eGiovanni Boccaccio - Bertolt Brecht - Roland Barthes\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin - Primo Levi - Anne Sexton \u003cbr\u003eLuis Buñuel - Paul Monette - Jessica Mitford - Stanley Elkin\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAURA SPIEGEL teaches at Columbia University and Barnard College. She has recently completed a book on the history of emotions in the nineteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRICHARD TRISTMAN was a professor of literature for twenty-eight years. He is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e, and is now writing a book on the idea of indecency.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 8.68 x 6.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46586201997509,"sku":"9780385485272","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/e6BIMb3AEx9780385485272_76575cda-9fd7-45cc-b668-fa65cbae42c6.webp?v=1784884792","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-grim-reader-writings-on-death-dying-and-living-on-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}