The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
Awards:   Short-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1997
Author:   Thomas Lynch
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
ISBN:  

9780393041125


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   17 July 1997
Format:   Hardback
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The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade


Awards

  • Short-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1997

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Author:   Thomas Lynch
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:   Width: 13.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.334kg
ISBN:  

9780393041125


ISBN 10:   0393041123
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   17 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Reviews

From somber to black comedy to plainspoken to lamentation. . . . The Undertaking is a masterpiece. -- John Lanchester


From somber to black comedy to plainspoken to lamentation. . . . The Undertaking is a masterpiece. --John Lanchester


An exquisitely dressed but subliminally bruised homage to life and its glazed-eyed endings. --The Observer (London) on Grimalkin & Other Poems


Author Information

Thomas Lynch's stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, Harper's, the New York Times, and elsewhere. His first collection of essays, The Undertaking, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Lynch lives in Milford, Michigan.

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