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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.

"Shields is a sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, at times hilarious writer."
--The Wall Street Journal

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. 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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307387967
  • ISBN-10: 0307387968
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: February 2009
  • Dimensions: 8.05 x 5.22 x 0.79 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
  • Page Count: 256

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