Buist Erica
Buist Erica - This Party's Dead Grief Joy And Spilled Rum At The World's Death Festivals - Paperback
Buist Erica - This Party's Dead Grief Joy And Spilled Rum At The World's Death Festivals - Paperback
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Description: A rollicking globe - trotting death adventure The Brooklyn Rail What if we responded to death by throwing a party? Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal Madagascar Indonesia Sicily Japan Mexico and New Orleans) By the time Erica Buist's father - in - law Chris was discovered upstairs in his bed his book resting on his chest he had been dead for over a week. She searched for answers (the artery - clogging cheeses in his fridge?) and tried to reason with herself (does daughter - in - law even feature in the grief hierarchy?) and eventually landed on an inevitable uncomfortable truth: everybody dies. With Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities as a starting point Erica decided to confront death head - on by visiting seven death festivals around the world one for every day they didn t find Chris. From Mexico to Nepal Sicily Thailand Madagascar Japan and finally Indonesia with a stopover in New Orleans where the dead outnumber the living ten to one This Party's Dead is the account of her journey to understand how other cultures deal with mortal terror how they move past the knowledge that they re going to die in order to live happily day - to - day how they celebrate rather than shy away from the topic of death and how when this openness and acceptance are passed down through the generations death suddenly doesn t seem so scary after all. Now available in paperback.
Title: This Party's Dead Grief Joy And Spilled Rum At The World's Death Festivals
Author(s): Buist Erica
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800181397
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/13/2022
Category: Travel Writing
Description: A rollicking globe - trotting death adventure The Brooklyn Rail What if we responded to death by throwing a party? Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal Madagascar Indonesia Sicily Japan Mexico and New Orleans) By the time Erica Buist's father - in - law Chris was discovered upstairs in his bed his book resting on his chest he had been dead for over a week. She searched for answers (the artery - clogging cheeses in his fridge?) and tried to reason with herself (does daughter - in - law even feature in the grief hierarchy?) and eventually landed on an inevitable uncomfortable truth: everybody dies. With Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities as a starting point Erica decided to confront death head - on by visiting seven death festivals around the world one for every day they didn t find Chris. From Mexico to Nepal Sicily Thailand Madagascar Japan and finally Indonesia with a stopover in New Orleans where the dead outnumber the living ten to one This Party's Dead is the account of her journey to understand how other cultures deal with mortal terror how they move past the knowledge that they re going to die in order to live happily day - to - day how they celebrate rather than shy away from the topic of death and how when this openness and acceptance are passed down through the generations death suddenly doesn t seem so scary after all. Now available in paperback.
Title: This Party's Dead Grief Joy And Spilled Rum At The World's Death Festivals
Author(s): Buist Erica
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800181397
Pages: 320 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/13/2022
Category: Travel Writing
