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Title: The Last Word: The New York Times Book of Obituaries and Farewells : A Celebration of Unusual Lives by Marvin Siegel ISBN: 0-688-15015-2 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: thought-provoking and entertaining
Comment: You wouldn't think a book of obituaries would be entertaining, but it is when the obits are well-written and celebrate the lives and characters of the 100+ people found in this collection. The subjects are most often unknown to the majority of us, but the various authors (including well-known NYT obituary author Robert McG. Thomas, Jr.) humanize each subject and inspire you to contemplate your own life. Most essays are a couple of pages long, and there is an introduction by Russell Baker.
Rating: 5
Summary: Indeed, the Last Word on Obituary Writing
Comment: Rather than an ode to death, this book cherishes lives onced lived by all kinds of people. Whether brilliant or simple, rich or poor, actions great or discreet, each of the people written about contributed to society in a meaningful (and often surprising) way. Equally outstanding are the authors of these obituaries, whose writing talents manage to entertain, educate and move the reader deeply without being maudlin. Even more importantly, this book forces us to examine our own lives: what will people say about us when we've faced our Maker? For those of us who come up pitifully short, this book inspires even the common man to contribute to society, and strive for -- and hopefully, attain -- spiritual immortality.
Rating: 5
Summary: A helluva book
Comment: I teach Memoir Writing to local seniors and I routinely use this book as an example of outstanding biography. It's one thing to write a 250 word bio but quite another, and much more demanding, to pen a few-hundred-word last goodbye to someone and do it with panache. The NY Times has three books of obituaries, this is the most recent. The quality of the writing is, in many cases, superior to anything in the rest of the newspaper(all the obits here were published in the Times). I especially like the reviews of Robert McG Thomas, who died within the past year at age 60. His obituaries deserved a Pulitzer. His obits are worth the price of the book. Everybody deserves a last word. These obits are not just about famous people but about average joes and janes who have been extraordinary human beings. I'd even recommend this book for spiritual reading because the lives here are inspirational. I teach writing and am always on the lookout for examples of prose that will knock my socks off. This is one helluva book.
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Title: 52 McGs. : The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG. Thomas by Robert McG. Thomas ISBN: 0743215621 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Obituaries in American Culture by Janice Hume ISBN: 157806242X Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer by TRACY KIDDER ISBN: 0375506160 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ISBN: 1592400876 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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