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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
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Mortality: witty, profound reflections on life's end.
Julian Barnes offers a journey through a common human anxiety: the fear of death. His potent blend of memoir, philosophy, and literary contemplation serves not just to question what it means to exist and then cease to exist, but also to inject humor and lightness into such existential ponderings. As you turn each page, you'll find a mix of personal history and thought-provoking wisdom that grips both heart and mind, making "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" a book that resonates deeply while exploring the inevitable.
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ISBN: 9780307389985
Authors:
Julian Barnes
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 2009-10-06
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.8
(rated by 4762 readers)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Sense of an Ending, “an elegant memoir and meditation” (The New York Times Book Review) that grapples with the most natural thing in the fear of death. A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of its inevitable extinction. If the fear of death is “the most rational thing in the world,” how does one contend with it? An atheist at twenty and an agnostic at sixty, Barnes looks into the various arguments for, against, and with God, and at his own bloodline, which has become, following his parents’ death, another realm of mystery. Deadly serious, masterfully playful, and surprisingly hilarious, Nothing to Be Frightened Of is a riveting display of how this supremely gifted writer goes about his business and a highly personal tour of the human condition and what might follow the final diagnosis.
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Mortality: witty, profound reflections on life's end.
Julian Barnes offers a journey through a common human anxiety: the fear of death. His potent blend of memoir, philosophy, and literary contemplation serves not just to question what it means to exist and then cease to exist, but also to inject humor and lightness into such existential ponderings. As you turn each page, you'll find a mix of personal history and thought-provoking wisdom that grips both heart and mind, making "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" a book that resonates deeply while exploring the inevitable.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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