| Nothing to Be Frightened Of: Nothing to Be Frightened Of: A Memoir Contributor(s): Barnes, Julian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307389987 ISBN-13: 9780307389985 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A "New York Times" Best Book of the Year Deadly serious, masterfully playful, and surprisingly funny, Nothing to Be Frightened Of is a riveting, highly personal tour of the human condition and what might follow the final diagnosis. A meditation on mortality as only Julian Barnes could 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 life: its inevitable extinction. An atheist at twenty, an agnostic at sixty, Barnes looks into the various arguments for and against and with God, and at his own bloodline, which has become, following his parents' death, another realm of mystery. Nothing to Be Frightened Of reveals how we all might go about living with the inevitable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Death & Dying - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009504354 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 4.92" W x 8.24" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 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 life: 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. |