The art of death

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.

subjects: Authorship,  Mortality in literature,  Literature,  Death in literature,  History and criticism,  Literature, history and criticism,  New York Times reviewed,  Death,  Psychological aspects,  Fear of death,  Murder in literature,  Infanticide,  History & criticism,  LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES,  Reference,  Writing Skills,  Sterben,  Literatur,  Literature -- History and criticism