# The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

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- Authors: [David Shields](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-shields)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4104-949-6
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2011-03-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father's vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being. Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers - from Lucretius to Woody Allen - Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality.