Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Jeremy Bentham, an eccentric philosopher, was ahead of the curve on many things. He believed in gay rights and publicly dissected by his friends. #2 You can separate specific shocks to save your heart. I had never considered this idea, but it made sense. I wondered what I would be like now, if I had met her as a child and she had shown me what I wanted to see. #3 A funeral director in the UK does not require a license to handle the dead. I wondered what I would be like if I had met her as a child and she had shown me what I wanted to see. #4 I had never considered that one could separate specific shocks to save one’s heart. I wondered what I would be like if I had met her as a child and she had shown me what I wanted to see.

本書は、死を扱う専門職の深淵に触れ、私たちが目を背けがちな生と死の境界線を鮮烈に描き出します。著者は単なる好奇心を超え、死者の尊厳を支える者たちの精神性に鋭く切り込みました。哲学的な思索と現場のリアリズムが交差する筆致は、死を恐怖ではなく生を照らす鏡へと昇華させ、読者の死生観を根底から揺さぶる力強さに満ちています。 特に、心を保護するための心理的技術や、歴史的遺体となった哲学者ベンサムの事例を通じ、死体の持つ重みと物語性を提示する視点が白眉です。専門家たちの静かな献身を知ることで、私たちは自身の生がいかに多くの沈黙に支えられているかを痛感します。この残酷で美しい探求は、人生の有限さを愛おしむための究極の記録です。