This is a death book list.
After deciding on this topic, I didn't know how to talk about it for a while.
Because it is too heavy and serious for someone who has not commented on it.
But as the second book on the list introduces:
Of all the things we fear, death is the only thing that can teach us how to live.
"The Gift of the Sea Nymph".Author: Dennis Johnson.
Douban score: 84
What does a person think when he is dying?
If you've ever wondered about this question, I recommend this new book to you.
The author was a big lover of alcohol and **, and died of liver cancer in the second year after writing this ** episode.
This book can be regarded as hisLast words
When I first read it, I mistakenly thought that it was just an alcoholic's whimsical fantasy of life.
But when I read it again, I realized that all the stories were filled with the smell of death.
An amputated limb, the love of a condemned prisoner, and a call from his ex-wife on her deathbed....
Under the frenzied imagination, it is the most real inner experience of a dying person:
Looking back on the regrets of the past, the loneliness that will eventually come, and the sudden ...... of death
"Death is so cruelThis is the truth that Dennis wants to tell all readers, but it is also a deathbed gift for all the living:
Because only those who have seriously gazed at death will understand the true meaning of being alive!
"The Story of the Intensive Care Unit".Author: Matt Morgan Douban score: 80
This is a front-line record from an intensive care unit (ICU) doctor.
The author, Matt Morgan, chief physician, is exposed to thousands of critically ill patients and faces at least 200 life-and-death separations every year.
When such a person talks about death, I believe that his thoughts and insights go far beyond the depths of ordinary people.
A young British man who traveled in Africa but accidentally contracted sepsis, an elderly man who chose to be euthanized under the torture of illness, and a pregnant woman who suffered from severe heart failure but still insisted on giving birth to a child ,...
This book includes 15 cases that the author personally treated, and he has experienced the fragility of life again and again, the fear of dying, and the painful ...... of parting from life and death
The authors admit that when death is as frequent as three meals a day, some colleagues choose to be numb, while others commit suicide because they can't bear it.
But it was in the extreme pull of life and death that he understood the preciousness of life better:
The fear of destruction and suffering will make people yearn for a wide range of life and happiness.
This is the whole meaning of death for the living.
"The Year of Whimsy".Author: Joan Didian Douban score: 84
This is a book of mourning.
In 2004, Dideon was 40 years with her husband, and without warning, on New Year's Eve, her husband suddenly fell ill and died.
This book chronicles Didion's mental journey in the year following her husband's death.
The first is remorse, why didn't the signs of death be detected earlier?
Then there was hatred, why did this man leave her alone in this world?
Finally, there is the endless ...... of memories
It turns out that no matter how many times you have heard of death, when facing a heart-wrenching loss, the past cognition and reason will still be cut to pieces.
People who have not been exposed to death will find it too pretentious.
And for those who have experienced it, every word is enough to make them cry.
Perhaps everyone should have a book like this.
Because we are going to face a moment when mourning is overwhelming, this book will at least comfort you:I am with youAt.
"Veronica Decided to Die".Author: Paolo Coelho.
Douban score: 82
The editor's recommendation for this book is:
Anyone, at any time, who has the thought of dying, please open it.
But I think it's a book that can be read anytime.
Because there is always a moment when people feel that life is boring, so just like the 27-year-old Veronica in **, she decided to take medicine and commit suicide.
The difference is that someone actually disappeared, but Veronica was successfully rescued and sent to an insane asylum.
At this point, she was told that she had only a few days left to live.
So Veronica decided that for the rest of her days, she would live like a madman and live exactly as she wanted.
Slapping an old man, playing the piano in the middle of the night, and desperately trying to love someone ......
When life breaks away from the rules, Veronica discovers that she also has such a colorful soul within her lifeless shell.
Accept that death is an inevitable end and face it with the madness of life to die.
This book tells us:
This long and short life is worth living for once!
"Five People You Meet in Heaven".Author: Mitch Albom.
Douban score: 81
Few people are comfortable with death
This is the case with Eddie, the protagonist of this book.
Eddie's life was unfortunate :
He had a sadistic father, a leg lame from the war, and a tiresome amusement park job.
So, on his 83rd birthday, when Eddie accidentally died trying to save a little girl, life was absurd and meaningless for him.
But Eddie's search for the meaning of life begins precisely at the moment of his death.
In heaven, Eddie meets five people he didn't expect at all, and their lives and deaths have a lot to do with Eddie.
They waited there, accompanying Eddie to reminisce about his life journey, and using their own death to help Eddie witness the compassion, commitment, love, and redemption ...... he had in his life
It turns out that it's like Eddie saved a girl with his own life, and death takes one person away while leaving another.
In the short distance between being taken away and being left behind, the link of life has been formed!
Death is no longer the end, it is also the beginning of another hope.