November Rose: A Speech on Death (Winner of the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award)

November Rose: A Speech on Death (Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award) - Kindle edition by Kathrin Stengel, Michael Eskin. Religion.
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Now it is sitting on my desk, on certain days I open it and read a couple of pages — that's much better. The ideal reading pace for this book would probably be about three sentences per day — only in this manner can this amazing book of consolation amazing in its philosophical purity achieve its full impact.


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What I mean is the subtle sense of vertigo in reading it: And, indeed, it has — and not only for the one whose voice we hear in this book, but for each of us, who listen closely Kathrin Stengel has written the most excellent book on grief I have read. And I have read almost all the grief books I could find.

November Rose: A Speech on Death

All widows and widowers and other survivors of a great love will relate to the writing of this book. Best of all, survivors are given, in the last two chapters, a guide to finding their way back into life again. Translated from the German by Michael Eskin. In this penetrating, thought-provoking, and deeply personal philosophical meditation on the death of the beloved other and the turmoil into which it throws those who were close to him, philosopher Kathrin Stengel opens hitherto unseen vistas on Literary Nonfiction.

In this penetrating, thought-provoking, and deeply personal philosophical meditation on the death of the beloved other and the turmoil into which it throws those who were close to him, philosopher Kathrin Stengel opens hitherto unseen vistas onto one of the most painful human experiences. The author's ruthless clarity of observation, coupled with razor-sharp philosophical intuition and unflinching honesty of judgment, allows her to pinpoint the personal and social complexities of life after death in a way that cannot but make us doubt some of our common practices in dealing with death and survival.

November-Rose: Eine Rede über den Tod

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Mar 07, Margit rated it it was amazing. It is a must read for everyone who has lost a partner. The same issues and emotions swirled around him. The same attitudes of others.

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But I thought that the book said as much about the nature of loving as it did about death, as I know it was meant to. And moving to the core Anna Maria Friedle, Psychotherapist. Anyone who reads it will be strengthened by its honesty, wisdom, and capacity to affirm life This seems to me a very Jewish book in its love of life and living fully It is rare for a book to combine philosophy and poetry prose poetry so very happily Hirsh, author of God Loves Becoming.

Her book November Rose: A Speech on Death — a philosophical meditation on loss, grief, and survival — has won the Independent Publisher Book Award. For many years, Kathrin has also taught Vipassana Meditation. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three sons.

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