圖書標籤: Death 美國文學 英語原版 生命 美國 √電子版 生活 活著
发表于2024-11-22
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty—a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre—took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforgettable scenes. Caring for dead bodies of every color, shape, and affliction, Caitlin soon becomes an intrepid explorer in the world of the dead. She describes how she swept ashes from the machines (and sometimes onto her clothes) and reveals the strange history of cremation and undertaking, marveling at bizarre and wonderful funeral practices from different cultures.
Her eye-opening, candid, and often hilarious story is like going on a journey with your bravest friend to the cemetery at midnight. She demystifies death, leading us behind the black curtain of her unique profession. And she answers questions you didn’t know you had: Can you catch a disease from a corpse? How many dead bodies can you fit in a Dodge van? What exactly does a flaming skull look like?
Honest and heartfelt, self-deprecating and ironic, Caitlin's engaging style makes this otherwise taboo topic both approachable and engrossing. Now a licensed mortician with an alternative funeral practice, Caitlin argues that our fear of dying warps our culture and society, and she calls for better ways of dealing with death (and our dead).
Caitlin Doughty is a licensed mortician and the host and creator of the "Ask a Mortician" web series. She founded the death acceptance collective The Order of the Good Death and cofounded Death Salon. She lives in Los Angeles.
題材很好,寫的感覺一般啊,沒有作者yt視頻有意思
評分死亡是一個很禁忌的話題,但是作者卻把這個話題寫得輕鬆,幽默卻不乏思考。在作者講述完畢她自己的經曆之後,在書的最後幾章裏提到對死亡的思考,對死亡儀式的尊重,對什麼是好的死亡的理解,把這本書收尾在最秒之處。非常好的閱讀體驗。
評分殯儀館記事 很喪 又有點好玩 後來因為害怕沒有看完。。推薦給膽兒大的人 當你開始思考死亡的時候
評分學到瞭很多知識,不同的殯葬文化自己對死亡以及死後的思考,我對死亡的恐懼應該是afraid of what might happen to me if there is a life after death....不過應該沒有吧?但是誰又知道呢,隻有dead知道
評分light hearted read
文/夏丽柠 海德格尔说:当你无限接近死亡,才能体会生的意义。我们恐怕没有那么多机会接近死亡。不过,有这么位美国姑娘就整日与死亡为武,并将切身体会写成了《烟雾弥漫你的眼》。在书里她谈笑风生,说起死来就像我们谈论生。显然,这是一本奇葩作者写的奇葩书。 凯特林•...
評分8岁那年,凯特琳亲眼目睹了一个小女孩,从二楼的电梯口砸向一楼的金属柜台,自此死亡恐惧的种子在凯特琳的心中埋下,用现在心理学上的名词来解释,她不幸遭受了创伤后应激障碍。意外之后,凯特琳由衷恐惧死亡但又怀有病态的好奇。青春期一度沉迷于哥特文化,为了解中世界的死亡...
評分文/夏丽柠 海德格尔说:当你无限接近死亡,才能体会生的意义。我们恐怕没有那么多机会接近死亡。不过,有这么位美国姑娘就整日与死亡为武,并将切身体会写成了《烟雾弥漫你的眼》。在书里她谈笑风生,说起死来就像我们谈论生。显然,这是一本奇葩作者写的奇葩书。 凯特林•...
評分法兰克福书展的最后一天,已经没有约见。我和同伴们无处可去,便搭乘某条S线抵达了终点——巴特洪堡,一个宁静美丽的小镇。深秋,落红满地,人迹罕至。我们好像迷了路,却也不着急,在一个个block之间细细走,慢慢品。因为每一栋房子、每一个庭园都不一样,所以光看这些各异的...
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024