{"product_id":"the-thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-youll-be-dead-9780307387967","title":"The Thing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shields is a sharp-eyed, self-deprecating, at times hilarious writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMesmerized 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Life\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Shields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.22w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307387967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID SHIELDS is the author of eight previous books, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eRemote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the PEN\/Revson Award), and \u003ci\u003eDead Languages: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a PEN\/Syndicated Fiction award). A senior editor of \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, Shields has published essays and stories in dozens of periodicals, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332347166835,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0d70eec3-97df-4bcd-8f00-2cac9cb54412.jpg?v=1754656808","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-thing-about-life-is-that-one-day-youll-be-dead-9780307387967","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}