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![The Thing about Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead by David Shields](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBNmM0ekE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--31a9749bf6d78f824226eb1839e9f6cf703ee7a8/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Thing%20about%20Life%20Is%20That%20One%20Day%20You'll%20Be%20Dead.jpg)
225 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307387967
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 10 February 2009
Description
Mesmerized 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.Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosop...
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225 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307387967
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 10 February 2009
Description
Mesmerized 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.Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosop...