Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing : : Living in the Future / / Charles Bowden.
The third book in Charles Bowden’s “accidental trilogy” that began with Blood Orchid and Blues for Cannibals, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing attempts to resolve the overarching question: “How can a person live a moral life in a culture of death?” As humanity moves further into the twenty-first...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Floating -- Red -- Serpent -- Room -- Ocean -- Lullaby -- Thanks -- The Book That Is Three Books |
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Summary: | The third book in Charles Bowden’s “accidental trilogy” that began with Blood Orchid and Blues for Cannibals, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing attempts to resolve the overarching question: “How can a person live a moral life in a culture of death?” As humanity moves further into the twenty-first century, Bowden continues to interrogate our roles in creating the ravaged landscapes and accumulated death that still surround us, as well as his own childhood isolation, his lust for alcohol and women, and his waning hope for a future. We witness post-Katrina New Orleans and terrorist-bombed Bali; we encounter our shared actions with the animal world and the desirous need for consumption; we see the clash and erosion of our physical and figurative borders, the savagery of our own civilization. A man of his time and out of time, Bowden seeks acceptance and a will to endure what may lie ahead. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781477316917 9783110745306 |
DOI: | 10.7560/316900 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Charles Bowden. |