A Commonsense Book of Death: Reflections at Ninety of a Lifelong Thanatologist

by Edwin S. Shneidman

Thirty-five years ago, in 1973, the author, then in the middle of life, age 55, wrote Deaths of Man, a set of essays about death. The book was nominated for the National Book Award in Science and recently the American Psychological Association selected it as a "classic" and provided a retrospective review. Now, in 2008 the author, age 90, revisits some of his original concepts with the experience of thirty-five years of clinical perspective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742563316
• ISBN13: 9780742563315
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"