{"product_id":"thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-youll-be-dead","title":"Thing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Shields\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307268044\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Volumes: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"David Shields has accomplished something here so pure and wide in its implications that I almost think of it as a secular, unsentimental Kahlil Gibran: a textbook for the acceptance of our fate on earth.\" --Jonathan Lethem \u003cbr\u003eMesmerized--at times unnerved--by his ninety-seven-year-old father's nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating book: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion--an exploration that paradoxically prompts a renewed and profound appreciation of life. \u003cbr\u003eShields begins with the facts of birth and childhood, expertly weaving in anecdotal information about himself and his father. As the book proceeds through adolescence, middle age, old age, he juxtaposes biological details with bits of philosophical speculation, cultural history and criticism, and quotations from a wide range of writers and thinkers--from Lucretius to Woody Allen--yielding a magical whole: the universal story of our bodily being, a tender and often hilarious portrait of one family. \u003cbr\u003eA book of extraordinary depth and resonance, \"The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead \"will move readers to contemplate the brevity and radiance of their own sojourn on earth and challenge them to rearrange their thinking in unexpected and crucial ways.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Thing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead | David Shields | Hardcover | 9780307268044 | Used: Very Good | Essays 1613315","offer_id":48372685242520,"sku":"1613315","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41TDUW0K_YL.jpg?v=1773269020","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-youll-be-dead","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}