Living with the Dead: How We Care for the Deceased

by Andreas Viestad and Vibeke Maria Viestad

Spanning geographies, cultures, and the ages, a moving journey into the physical facts and metaphysical mysteries of how the living care for the dead.

Death is universal. It will meet us all. But it's also a practical problem--what do we do with dead bodies? Vibeke Maria and Andreas Viestad live by a cemetery and are daily spectators of its routines, and their fascination with burials has led them to dig deep to examine our relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789147689
• ISBN13: 9781789147681
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"