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The title is a reference to W. Somerset Maugham's retelling of an ancient Mesopotamian tale [2] which appears as an epigraph for the novel:. There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I ...
The story is a gender-swapped retelling of the first book in the Twilight series, and introduces Beau Swan and Edythe Cullen in place of Bella and Edward. [4] The book was originally published on October 6, 2015 as part of an "oversized flip-book pairing" with Twilight to celebrate the original novel's tenth anniversary. [5]
Critical reception was positive. [3] [4] Karl Ove Knausgård praised the book, stating that the work has "true honesty in an unexpected place". [5]The work has also received praise from The Observer and The Daily Telegraph, the latter of which printed Nicholas Blincoe calling it "an elegant series of meditations at the closing of a long career".
Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History (1959; second edition 1985) is a book by the American classicist Norman O. Brown, in which the author offers a radical analysis and critique of the work of Sigmund Freud, tries to provide a theoretical rationale for a nonrepressive civilization, explores parallels between psychoanalysis and Martin Luther's theology, and draws on ...
The book is an account of Johnny Gunther's experience with a brain tumor, and ends with his death at age 17. The book consists of two parts. Part 1 contains the primary narrative of the book, while Part 2 contains additional letters written by Johnny, excerpts from his diary, and a short essay by his mother, Frances Gunther.
Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture is a 1998 philosophy book by the social theorist Jonathan Dollimore. [1] The book describes the influence of the death obsession in western culture. Dollimore's analysis is heavily influenced by early modern culture.
It collects Chiang's first eight stories. All of the stories except "Liking What You See: A Documentary" were previously published individually elsewhere. It was reprinted in 2016 as Arrival to coincide with the adaptation of "Story of Your Life" as the film Arrival. [2] [3] Chiang's second collection, Exhalation: Stories was released in 2019. [4]
The Denial of Death is a 1973 book by American cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker which discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of how people and cultures have reacted to the concept of death. [1] The author argues most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death. [2]