{"product_id":"the-art-of-death-writing-the-final-story-paperback","title":"The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eClaire of the Sea Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwidge Danticat's \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Death: Writing the Final Story \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. \"Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense of my losses,\" Danticat notes in her introduction. \"I have been writing about death for as long as I have been writing.\" The book moves outward from the shock of her mother's diagnosis and sifts through Danticat's writing life and personal history, all the while shifting fluidly from examples that range from Gabriel Garc a M rquez's \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude \u003c\/i\u003eto Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eSula. \u003c\/i\u003eThe narrative, which continually circles the many incarnations of death from individual to large-scale catastrophes, culminates in a beautiful, heartrending prayer in the voice of Danticat's mother. A moving tribute and a work of astute criticism, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Death \u003c\/i\u003eis a book that will profoundly alter all who encounter it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books, most recently \u003ci\u003eClaire of the Sea Light \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrother, I'm Dying\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a two-time finalist for the National Book Award, and has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771615936800,"sku":"9781555977771","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75bc14f776016c6032fa36539df29181.webp?v=1780389634","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-death-writing-the-final-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}