Making an Exit From the Magnificent to the Macabre---How We Dignify the Dead

Murray, Sarah

ISBN 10: 1250015650 / ISBN 13: 9781250015655

Editore: Picador, 2012

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• Titolo: Making an Exit From the Magnificent to the Macabre---How We Dignify the Dead
• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1250015650
• ISBN 13: 9781250015655
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: Very Good

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"...Sarah Murray never gave much thought to what might ultimately happen to her remains--until her father died. Now, puzzled by the choices he made about the disposal of his "organic matter," she embarks on a series of voyages to discover how death is commemorated in different cultures. Death's Doors is Murray's exploration of the extraordinary creativity unleashed when we seek to dignify the dead. Along the way, she encounters a royal cremation in Bali, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, a Czech chandelier made from human bones, a weeping ceremony in Iran, and a Philippine village where the casketed dead are left hanging in caves. She even goes to Ghana to commission a coffin for herself..."--Jacket.

Informazioni sull?autore

Sarah Murray is author of Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat. A longtime Financial Times contributor, she lives in New York City.