This Party's Dead
Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World's Death Festivals
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2023
Summary
’[A] rollicking, globe-trotting death adventure…’ - The Brooklyn Rail
What if we responded to death…by throwing a party? Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Nepal, Madagascar, Indonesia, Sicily, Japan, Mexico and New Orleans)
By the time Erica Buist’s father-in-law Chris was discovered, upstairs in his bed, his book resting on his chest, he had been dead for over a week. She searched for answers (the artery-clogging cheeses in his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800181397 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800181396 |
| Author: | Erica Buist |
| Publisher: | Boundless Publishing Group Ltd |
| Imprint: | Unbound |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 282g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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- ‘Poignant and often hilarious’ Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Erica Buist
Erica Buist is a writer, journalist and author living in London. She has written for Guardian, the BBC, Medium, Newsweek and in various literary magazines and anthologies. She has been awarded writing residencies at The Wellstone Center in the Redwoods, Vermont Studio Center, Faber, Arte Studio Ginestrelle and VCCA. Erica is currently working on a collection of short stories based in London.
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