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Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:13:59 2010 No.785393 [Reply] [Original]

i want to read something about dying, death and depression from different viewpoints... any book you could recommend ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:13:59 2010 No.785395 bookS*

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:14:59 2010 No.785397 The Brother's Karamazov

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:15:59 2010 No.785400 >>785397 this. or The Painted Bird.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 03:17:59 2010 No.785719 The Savage God by A. Alvarez covers suicide. I've heard good things about The Oxford Book of Death. Hope that helps.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 03:23:59 2010 No.785735 Kafka, maybe The Metamorphosis. Bradbury deals with those issues too a lot, try The Illustrated Man. Doestoievsky's Karamazovs and Notes from Underground. Borges' Poems. Schopenhauer's "On death".

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:07:59 2010 No.785923 The Oxford Book of Death is really, really good, and is in fact almost certainly what you're looking for.

Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:25:59 2010 No.785963
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If you're looking for something non-fictional, I recommend Death and the Afterlife by Brian Innes.
If you're looking for morbid fiction, try The Maze of Death or Ubik by Philip K. Dick, The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:29:59 2010 No.785969 >>785963 >Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge could just watch Jacob's Ladder.... or.... better... yet.... LOST. sorry, just had to

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:29:59 2010 No.785971 The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy and Errand by Raymond Carver (about the death of Chekov) are two very good short stories.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:33:59 2010 No.785976 >>785969 >.... or.... better... yet.... You best be joking. Although I agree with you on Jacob's Ladder.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 05:39:59 2010 No.785992 >>785976 yes the Lost part was me making a funny, the jacob's ladder quite serious

Anonymous Mon Jun 14 10:08:59 2010 No.786441

Jose Saramago - Death with interruptions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_with_Interruptions_%28novel%29
It's a whole different view on dying. Its about a country where nobody dies. But in the neighbouring countries people are still dying. The books view is mainly on how the people in the country react to and live with this affliction/gift. Also it's about a personified death.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 10:14:59 2010 No.786455 Reaper Man, Mort and Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 12:52:59 2010 No.786825 Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad, The Stranger By Albert Camus.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 12:55:59 2010 No.786844 File: 153 KB, 600x450, stoner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Read Dan Brown. It's deep man.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 12:56:59 2010 No.786847 as i lay dying

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