Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Nothing to Be Frightened Of

Two years after the best-selling Arthur & George, Julian Barnes gives us a memoir on mortality that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of life: its inevitable extinction.

If the fear of death is â€œthe most rational thing in the world,â€ how does one contend with it? An atheist at twenty, an agnostic at sixty, Barnes looks into the various arguments for and against and with God, and at the bloodline whose archivist, following his parentsâ€™ death, he has becomeâ€”another realm of mystery, wherein a drawer of mementos and his own memories (not to mention those of his philosopher brother) often fail to connect. There are other ancestors, too: the writersâ€”â€œmost of them dead, and quite a few of them Frenchâ€â€”who are his daily companions, supplemented by composers and theologians and scientists whose similar explorations are woven into this account with an exhilarating breadth of intellect and felicity of spirit.

Deadly serious, masterfully playful, and surprisingly hilarious, Nothing to Be Frightened Of is a riveting display of how this supremely gifted writer goes about his business and a highly personal tour of the human condition and what might follow the final diagnosis.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307269638
ReleaseDate 2008-09-02
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307269638

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307269638
ReleaseDate	2008-09-02
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307269638

Nothing to Be Frightened Of

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