The art of death
Subtitle: writing the final story
By: Edwidge Danticat
Series: The art of series; Art of series
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781555977771
Subjects: Authorship; Mortality in literature; Literature; Death in literature; History and criticism
Description: Danticat moves outward from the shock of her mother's cancer diagnosis and sifts through her own writing life and personal history, all the while shifting fluidly through works of literature which circle the many incarnations of death, from individual to large-scale catastrophes. She ends with a  heartrending prayer in the voice of her mother.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Writing life; title: Living dyingly; title: Ars moriendi; title: Dying together; title: Wanting to die; title: Condemned to die; title: Close calls; title: Circles and circles of sorrow; title: Feetfirst.