The Grim Reader: Writings on Death, Dying, and Living On

The best classic and contemporary writing on mortality—from Montaigne to Monty Python—to produce an essential resource for the heart and mind.

The fear of death, the pain of bereavement, the art of consolation, and the custom of mourning—these are experiences with which all mortals must reckon. In The Grim Reader, idiosyncratic and always enlightening pieces are grouped into thematic parts in which a diversity of perspective on death are revealed. From death in its most personal sphere to th...