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Originally Posted by Jenson71
I'm taking a capstone class called Perspectives on Death and Dying and there are a lot of books for that one. Nicely, a lot of them are of the shorter variety. Here's the list:
Stiff, Roach
Body In Pain, Scarry
Death Of Ivan Ilyich, Tolstoy
Epic Of Gilgamesh, Sandars
Western Attitudes Toward Death, Aries
How We Die, Nuland
Seven Choices Pocket Guide, Neeld
Talking About Death, Morris
Sacred Art Of Dying, Kramer
Siddhartha, Hesse
Great Divorce, Lewis
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Not that you don't have enough there, but if you get a chance check out a short story called, "Errand" by Raymond Carver. He recounts the final moments of Anton Chekov's life in a Russian hotel. It's a really good story, the last piece of fiction Carver wrote.