{"product_id":"the-grim-reader-writings-on-death-dying-and-living-on-0385485271","title":"The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying, and Living on","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0385485271\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spiegel, Maura\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best classic and contemporary writing on mortality-from Montaigne to Monty Python-to produce an essential resource for the heart and mind.The 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 The Grim Reader, 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, The Grim Reader offers a fresh and unmediated encounter with mortality and the many dimensions of grief and recovery.A compelling collection of poems, fiction, letters, historical documents, essays, and narrations from a wide variety of writers, including:Vladimir Nabokov - John Ashbery - Samuel BeckettAdam Smith - Simone de Beauvoir - Grace PaleyGiovanni Boccaccio - Bertolt Brecht - Roland BarthesJames Baldwin - Primo Levi - Anne SextonLuis Buuel - Paul Monette - Jessica Mitford - Stanley Elkin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51824386572576,"sku":"NEW0385485271","price":24.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71hDGGBuExL.jpg?v=1781211358","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-grim-reader-writings-on-death-dying-and-living-on-0385485271","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}