{"product_id":"9780393344295","title":"Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality","description":"\u003cp\u003eMasterful essays that illuminate not only how we die but also how we live.\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Lynch, poet, funeral director, and author of the highly praised \u003cem\u003eThe Undertaking\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award, continues to examine the relations between the \"literary and mortuary arts.\" \"Lynch engages the reader with a mixture of poetic and funerary elements....his voice is rich and generous.\"—Richard Bernstein, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \"[W]hat makes him such a fine essayist is that it's just the business of everyday life and death to him.\"—\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \"Few readers will walk away from this volume less than stunned and grateful.\"—Jay Parini, author of \u003cem\u003eBenjamin's Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e \"A luminous work of words.\"—Nicholas Delbanco, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104474284272,"sku":"9780393344295","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393344295_p0.jpg?v=1763697207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393344295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}