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| Original Title: | The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade |
| ISBN: | 842046595X (ISBN13: 9788420465951) |
| Edition Language: | Spanish |
| Literary Awards: | American Book Award (1998), Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction (1997), National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (1997), Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Nonfiction (1998) |
Thomas Lynch
Paperback | Pages: 258 pages Rating: 3.92 | 2562 Users | 402 Reviews
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| Title | : | El enterrador |
| Author | : | Thomas Lynch |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 258 pages |
| Published | : | February 2004 by Alfaguara (first published March 27th 1997) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Death. Writing. Essays. Biography. Philosophy |
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«Todos los años entierro a unos doscientos vecinos.»Así comienza el singular testimonio del poeta Thomas Lynch, una revelación en la literatura norteamericana de la última década. Lynch, como todos los poetas, se inspira en la muerte, pero a diferencia de los demás, vive de ella. Trabaja como director de una funeraria en una pequeña población de Michigan donde se encarga de los entierros, cremaciones y actos fúnebres de su comunidad.
En este libro las dos vocaciones se encuentran y Lynch se revela a la vez como competente funcionario del duelo y como escritor, que de manera conmovedora sintoniza el lenguaje con las fibras de la liberación interior.
Con homenajes a los padres que han muerto y a los hijos que no debieron morir, con retratos de hipocondríacos, amantes y suicidas, El enterrador despliega una increíble gama de matices que van desde lo solemne, lo nostálgico y lo lírico, a lo mordaz y lo intensamente vivaz.
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Ratings: 3.92 From 2562 Users | 402 ReviewsColumn Epithetical Books El enterrador
Uch. Starts out charmingly enough, but Lynch quickly becomes abrasive. The lack of feeling here, of emotion, of individualization is what really got to me. Lynch is interesting enough when talking about the specific, but his rampant generalizations about death are tiresome and irritating.Wow...I mean wow. A poet & an undertaker - a sensible combination, Thomas Lynch writes with such grace and clarity I often found myself rereading passages or laughing out loud. I didn't always agree with the Lynch's religious or political views, nor the way in which he expressed them, but accept my lens is a little thicker. It never ceases to amaze me how our culture deals - or doesn't - with death...a subject that has, does or will affect and effect us all. wow. OOO - also, if you are/were
An one-time therapist of mine recommended this book when my dad died. I enjoyed it, he can write, but it didn't make me feel any better. Leaving that therapist did though.
I thought this book was kind of a snooze. And then I got towards the end - he starts talking about abortion in a really stupid way, including such archaic gems as "Or is it one of those Women's Issues men are supposed to keep quiet about, the way they were told to about abortion, as if it were the gender, not the species that reproduces." Uhhh... what? Go back to your cave, bro. And write something more interesting the next time you come out. Douche.
This book has some poignant passages on death. The author is a poet, and it shows. His background as an Irish Catholic American Baby Boomer cishet man shows, too. His tirades on planned parenthood/abortion became distracting and he expresses outdated and unpleasant attitudes toward women throughout. His bitterness toward the IRS and attempts at comedy dont land with me.Worth a read (or maybe just a skim) for anyone interested in death and dying, but not my top recommendation on the subject.
I am so torn by this book, and my words here won't do justice to explain it. This man directed the funerals of my grandparents, my father's sister who died an early death, and the parents, teachers, friends, and family friends of my parents. The essays that describe his trade, the Lynch funeral home, the town of Milford, and caring for the living or grappling with loss, are important, emotionally wrenching, and at times, overwhelming. There are others (ones to which I can't relate), in which he
Lynch is a poet, which means that he sees things most people don't see in the course of ordinary life, and he can marshal words to persuade us that his vision is true. And while he's certaintly a beautiful writer, occasionally one can see the verso of the verse in his work. He is not without motive or opinion or craftiness, and the result sounds vaguely Jesuitical to me. This is not necessarily a bad thing -- I happen to like Jesuits -- but his observations sometimes come with unsolicited moral
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