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.
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ISBN
9781477316924
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Texas Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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