The Ruffian on the Stair

The Ruffian on the Stair Reflections on Death

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Publisher's Synopsis

A number of people, some of them eminent and well-known, some of them ordinary men and women, talk about death and what it means to them. Here we have: Jonathan Miller talking expansively on the metaphors in which he has conceived of it since childhood and how they have influenced his theatre work - Roy Porter on the history of people's attitudes to it - Oxford philosopher Galen Stawson on how he overcame his terror of it despite lacking still any religious faith - and a London fireman on what it is like to face and see death every day of the week - and so on. A collection, edited by Rosemary Dinnage, who previously wrote a book of interviews about psychotherapy, "One to One".

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Book information

ISBN: 9780670827633
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
DEWEY: 155.937
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 290
Weight: 488g
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm