Final Exits

出版者:Harper Paperbacks

作者:Michael Largo

页数:496

出版时间:2006-10-01

价格:USD 15.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780060817411

具体描述

To die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under—whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." Death remains a certainty. But how do we die? It's the enormous variety of how that enlivens final exits. According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than 100 causes of death. Today there are 3,000. With each advance of technology, people find new ways to become deceased, often causing trends that peak in the first year. People are now killed by everything, from cell phones, washing machines, lawn mowers and toothpicks, to the boundless catalog of man—made medicines. In Final Exits the causes of death—bizarre or common—are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who unfortunately died that way. (Ants, bad words, Bingo, bean bag chairs, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, lipstick, moray eels, road kill, starfish, and toupees are only some of the more unusual causes.)

作者简介

迈克尔•拉尔戈，出生于纽约，后随家人移居迈阿密。作为美国作家协会、美国侦探小说作家协会、美国科幻作家协会的成员。他发表过200多首诗歌、散文和小说，出版过三本小说，曾荣获纽约州艺术协会奖。他一直致力于收集有关美国人死亡方式的统计资料和信息。

读后感

研究死亡往往能给作家带来素材和灵感，比如斯蒂芬-金在《绿里奇迹》里的一个关键情节：出于私怨，监狱看守珀西将犯人德拉克罗瓦送上电椅时故意没给电椅头罩里包覆着电极的海绵浸上碱性溶液，这使得犯人在受刑时全身起火烧焦，但直到2分钟后才得以解脱。事实上，在电椅发明之初...  

说实话这本书不那么有趣，至少不像简介里介绍的那样有趣，也不像看完目录后想象的那么有趣。比如“被老鼠要死”“被蚊子咬死”不过是说被这些东西要过后感染病毒死去。这实在是平淡无奇，跟被狗咬了得狂犬病而死有什么区别吗？ 不知是翻译的问题还是本就如此，书中文字非常直白...  

关于死亡的的方式那么多种，我原本以为死亡就只有那几种，没想到，竟然有那么多种。 看完不禁感慨。活着是多么得重要！  

研究死亡往往能给作家带来素材和灵感，比如斯蒂芬-金在《绿里奇迹》里的一个关键情节：出于私怨，监狱看守珀西将犯人德拉克罗瓦送上电椅时故意没给电椅头罩里包覆着电极的海绵浸上碱性溶液，这使得犯人在受刑时全身起火烧焦，但直到2分钟后才得以解脱。事实上，在电椅发明之初...  

我是很少被明目张胆说死这类型的书籍激发哲学思考的人 活着，好好活，越长越好，买别墅，换更大的别墅，游泳池边躺着两个比基尼美女，去加拿大滑雪，到瑞士度蜜月，一个人包下影院看一场电影，租一栋古堡开party。 我想说的意思只是，既然活着还有很多好东西值得我...