The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be

by Thomas Lynch

Book Overview

For nearly four decades, poet, essayist, and small-town funeral director Thomas Lynch has probed relations between the literary and mortuary arts. His life's work with the dead and the bereaved has informed four previous collections of nonfiction, each exploring identity and humanity with Lynch's signature blend of memoir, meditation, gallows humor, and poetic precision.

The Depositions provides an essential selection from these masterful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324003979
• ISBN13: 9781324003977
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"