An edition of The inevitable (2011)

The inevitable

contemporary writers confront death

1st ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Have read
Cover of: The inevitable by David Shields, David Shields
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by CoverBot
March 4, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of The inevitable (2011)

The inevitable

contemporary writers confront death

1st ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Birth is not inevitable. Life certainly isn't. The sole inevitability of existence, the only sure consequence of being alive, is death. In these eloquent and surprising essays, twenty writers face this fact, among them Geoff Dyer, who describes the ghost bikes memorializing those who die in biking accidents; Jonathan Safran Foer, proposing a new way of punctuating dialogue in the face of a family history of heart attacks and decimation by the Holocaust; Mark Doty, whose reflections on the art-porn movie Bijou lead to a meditation on the intersection of sex and death epitomized by the AIDS epidemic; and Joyce Carol Oates, who writes about the loss of her husband and faces her own mortality. Other contributors include Annie Dillard, Diane Ackerman, Peter Straub, Brenda Hillman, and Terry Castle. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Publish Date
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Pages
332

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects

Death, Psychology, Psychological aspects, Fear of death, American Authors, Biography

Times

20th century

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: The inevitable
The inevitable: contemporary writers confront death
2011, W. W. Norton & Co.
in English - 1st ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

Introduction -- David Shields and Bradford Morrow
Deathwatch -- David Gates
Between the forest and the well : notes on death -- Kyoki Mori
Bayham Street -- Robert Clark
The sutra of maggots and blowflies -- Sallie Tisdale
A primer for the punctuation of heart disease -- Jonathan Safran Foer
Silence and awakening -- Diane Ackerman
A solemn pleasure -- Melissa Pritchard
Death in the age of digital proliferation, and other considerations -- Christopher Sorrentino
The siege -- Joyce Carol Oates
Field notes for the graveyard enthusiast -- Robin Hemley
Inside story -- Peter Straub
Invasion to the dance -- Kevin Baker
Death wish in Negroland -- Margo Jefferson
Grace Street -- Greg Bottoms
The final plot -- Lynne Tillman
Lessness -- Lance Olsen
Bijou -- Mark Doty
Cézanne's colors -- Brenda Hillman
What will survive of us -- Geoff Dyer
This is the life -- Annie Dillard.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-332).

Published in
New York
Other Titles
Contemporary writers confront death

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/3548, 814.4/3548
Library of Congress
PS129 .I64 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
332 p. ;
Number of pages
332

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24893205M
Internet Archive
inevitablecontem00shie
ISBN 10
039333936X
ISBN 13
9780393339369
LCCN
2010043479
OCLC/WorldCat
601106389

Source records

Library of Congress MARC record
Internet Archive item record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
March 4, 2023 Edited by CoverBot //covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/13362934-S.jpg
August 9, 2018 Edited by Lisa Update covers
April 29, 2017 Edited by ImportBot import new book
July 29, 2011 Created by LC Bot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record