{"product_id":"book-of-resting-places-a-personal-history-of-where-we-lay-the-dead","title":"Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBook of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Mira Y Lopez\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781619021235\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCounterpoint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Resting Places\u003c\/i\u003e is Mira y Lopez's account of his travels, from a cemetery to a crematorium to a cryonics company . . . He's looking for the good death, somewhere, anywhere. --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn the aftermath of his father's untimely death and his family's indecision over what to do with the remains, Thomas Mira y Lopez became obsessed with the type and variety of places where we lay the dead to rest. The result is a singular collection of essays that weaves together history, mythology, journalism, and personal narrative into the author's search for a place to process grief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eMira y Lopez explores unusual hallowed grounds--from the world's largest cryonics institute in southern Arizona to a set of Roman catacombs being digested by modern bacteria, to his family's burial plots in the mountains outside Rio de Janeiro to a nineteenth-century desert cemetery that was relocated for the building of a modern courthouse. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Resting Places\u003c\/i\u003e examines these overlooked spaces and what they tell us about ourselves and the passing of those we love--how we grieve them, and how we attempt to forget them.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Book of Resting Places: A Personal History of Where We Lay the Dead | Thomas Mira Y Lopez | Hardcover | 9781619021235 | Used: Like New | Essays 1553066 (temp: 5)","offer_id":48914006179992,"sku":"1553066","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71UxateYecL.jpg?v=1776971316","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/book-of-resting-places-a-personal-history-of-where-we-lay-the-dead","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}