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守在终点的人

守在终点的人

(英)海莉·坎贝尔

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Indy Pub
Año de edición:
2025
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9798349570780

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★ 深度聚焦殡仪员、解剖技师、犯罪现场清洁工、死婴助产士等12种职业日常，揭示人类隐藏、纪念或规避死亡的不同努力全景式白描，书写比想象中更震撼、丰饶的死亡百态，解答关于遗体、后事及其他一切的好奇★真实立体的行业群像，千滋百味的内幕故事：告别艺术拍卖转行殡葬，为罪犯雕刻死亡面具，替早夭的胎儿'接生'......为什么有人愿意选择这样的工作，并一直做下去？★冷静、深情、充满社会洞察，兼具《三悦有了新工作》的温情写实×《六尺之下》的黑色幽默×《疼痛难免》的反英雄主义★人人受用的生命bi修课，让我们不再怕'死'、大方谈'死'理解生活，从理解生死的无常开始★驱散'活人微死'状态，命张力全面觉醒之书一本关于尸体的书可能令人沮丧，但这本书却出奇地乐观，甚至令人振奋。--《泰晤士文学增刊》★人并非一出生，就知道什么是死。死亡只能被避讳和掩饰吗？普通人生命的终点究竟是什么样子？我决定从围绕死亡谋生的人们那里寻找答案。（作者 海莉·坎贝尔）内容简介人并非一出生，就知道什么是死。 我身边头一个死去的，是为救溺水小狗而亡的朋友。在她的葬礼上，我盯着密闭的棺材，想知道里面是什么。我无法确认她是不是真的不在了，为此困惑沮丧。 死亡只能被避讳和掩饰吗？普通人生命的终点究竟是什么样子？作为记者，我决定从围绕死亡谋生的人们那里寻找答案。 我走访了停尸房、解剖诊所、灾难善后服务公司，见证助产士为无法存活的胎儿按下足印作纪念，执业十七年的刽子手退休后为废除死刑而奔走，尸检技师在逝者身上寻找死因和可能对遗属有价值的遗传病线索。我观察他们的日常工作，感知这份职业如何影响他们的内心世界。 站在死亡身边的感觉和想象中不同。我由此学到足以改变一生的知识：我们需要在心中为死亡留出一席之地，将死亡纳入生命的完整图景。

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