Death: The Trip of a Lifetime - Softcover

Palmer, Greg

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9780788153198: Death: The Trip of a Lifetime

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0788153196 ISBN 13: 9780788153198

Publisher: Diane Pub Co, 1993

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A humorous yet respectful travelogue recounting the author's voyage around the world to discover how humankind responds to the experiences of death, exploring the rites, rituals and many approaches to death and dying taken by the variety of different cultures on the planet.

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WHO SAID THE REAPER HAS TO BE GRIM?

Get ready to take a fascinating, rollicking ride around the globe and across the Styx with 'Death: The Trip of a Lifetime.' This delightfully different 'travelogue' follows one man's quest to discover how people everywhere cope with the incontrovertible fact of death. The result is a wise, witty, decidedly quirky celebration of how we all face life.

"[A] nonfiction romp that rivals Evelyn Waugh's classic 'The Loved One' as a laugh-a-minute examination of death rituals and customs."
LIBRARY JOURNAL

"An insightful look at a rite of passage that is venerated by cultures everywhere."
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Palmer is a friendly, pleasant narrator with a distinct voice and a speculative wit: one imagines him with a smile curled constantly on his lips, even as he writes of vampires, near-death experiences, suicide, burial methods, heaven and hell."
BOOKLIST

Greg Palmer is an award-winning broadcaster (the Peabody Award and thirteen Emmys), playwright, and filmmaker.

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Greg Palmer is an award-winning broadcaster (the Peabody Award and thirteen Emmys), playwright, and filmmaker.

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