| Author: | Myfwanwy Horne, Donald Horne | ISBN: | 9781742285382 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia | Publication: | March 2, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin eBooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Myfwanwy Horne, Donald Horne |
| ISBN: | 9781742285382 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Publication: | March 2, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Penguin eBooks |
| Language: | English |
This unique book is the last work of one of Australia's most respected and influential thinkers.� On learning that his illness was terminal, Donald Horne began dictating his experiences of dying, and his resulting journal is full of courage, honesty, insight and humour.� Ever the intellectual, he also recorded his last thoughts on some of the big human questions; faith and regret, the uses of art, the rewards of the engaged mind.� And on contemporary dilemmas such as the Iraq War, anti-Americanism and the meaning of democracy.� These essays have been refined by his wife and long-time editor, Myfanwy, who has also written her own inspirational account of Donald's final weeks.
Far from being morbid, Dying is a book that sings with life.� Donald Horne's memories of his well-lived years sit alongside his unflinching view of their end, and the whole is uplifted by his willingness to laugh at human foibles, his own included.
PRAISE FOR DYING: A MEMOIR
'This book is a love story where the decades have not dulled two loves' devotion.'
Craig Sherbourne, Australian Literary Review
'Full of Horne's self-deprecating wit and keen intellect.� For people suffering from terminal illnesses and their loved ones this would be a particularly helpful memoir,'
Sue Bond, Courier-Mail
'Must read'
Daily Telegraph �
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This unique book is the last work of one of Australia's most respected and influential thinkers.� On learning that his illness was terminal, Donald Horne began dictating his experiences of dying, and his resulting journal is full of courage, honesty, insight and humour.� Ever the intellectual, he also recorded his last thoughts on some of the big human questions; faith and regret, the uses of art, the rewards of the engaged mind.� And on contemporary dilemmas such as the Iraq War, anti-Americanism and the meaning of democracy.� These essays have been refined by his wife and long-time editor, Myfanwy, who has also written her own inspirational account of Donald's final weeks.
Far from being morbid, Dying is a book that sings with life.� Donald Horne's memories of his well-lived years sit alongside his unflinching view of their end, and the whole is uplifted by his willingness to laugh at human foibles, his own included.
PRAISE FOR DYING: A MEMOIR
'This book is a love story where the decades have not dulled two loves' devotion.'
Craig Sherbourne, Australian Literary Review
'Full of Horne's self-deprecating wit and keen intellect.� For people suffering from terminal illnesses and their loved ones this would be a particularly helpful memoir,'
Sue Bond, Courier-Mail
'Must read'
Daily Telegraph �
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