Getting to know death
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
172 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781639734443, 1639734449, 9781639734443, 1639734449
Notes
General Note
"A meditation."
Description
"Ingmar Bergman once said that an artist should always have one work between himself and death. When renowned author Gail Godwin tripped and broke her neck while watering the dogwood tree in her garden at age eighty-five, a lifetime of writing and publishing behind her and a half-finished novel in tow, Bergman's idea quickly unfurled in front of her, forcing her to confront a creative life interrupted. In Getting to Know Death, Godwin shares what spoke to her while in a desperate place. Remembering those she has loved and survived, including a brother and father lost to suicide, and finding meaning in the encounters she has with other patients as she heals, she takes stock of a life toward the end of its long graceful arc, finding her path through the words she has written and the people she has loved."--,Publisher's description.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Godwin, G. (2024). Getting to know death. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Godwin, Gail. 2024. Getting to Know Death. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Godwin, Gail, Getting to Know Death. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Godwin, Gail. Getting to Know Death. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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