Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Thorndike Senior Lifestyle) - Hardcover

Terkel, Studs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786241179 ISBN 13: 9780786241170

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2002

Synopsis

x80x9cITx80x99S THE UNGUARDED VOICES HE PRESENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU. . . . Terkelx80x99s interviews may not allay fears about death. But reading them certainly encourages life while we have it.x80x9dx80x93The New York TimesWhether itx80x99s Working or The Great War, the legendary oral histories of Studs Terkel have offered indispensable insights into all areas of American life. Now, at eighty-eight, the Pulitzer Prize winner creates his most important work on a subject few can comfortably discuss: death.Here, in the voices of people both esteemed and unknown, are wise words, meaningful memories, and compassionate predictions about the experience of lifex80x99s endx80x93and what may come after. A grad student explains how her two-year coma convinced her of the existence of reincarnation . . . A Hiroshima survivor reconciles her painful memories with the stoicism of her Japanese culture . . . Actress Uta Hagan expresses how her art is her religion and will be her legacy . . . Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler relives his World War II ordeal, after a torpedo left him in a lifeboat among injured and dying comrades . . . An AIDS counselor reveals why healthy gay men may require the most crucial psychological help . . . and a retired firefighter admits he x80x9cnever felt so alivex80x9d as when he was doing his dangerous job.From the sheer physical facts to the emotional realities to spiritual speculations, all aspects of death are openly expressed in this wonderful work, the stirring culmination of Studs Terkelx80x99s brilliant career.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786241179
• ISBN 13: 9780786241170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 741