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I know nothing about death, absolutely nothing,"" asserts the narrator of this inventive autobiographical novel. Yet he can't stop thinking about it. Detached from life in Los Angeles and his past in Australia, uncomfortable around other humans, he researches death on the Internet; mulls over distant and intimate stories of suicides, serial killers, and ""natural deaths""; and wanders about LA's Holy Cross Cemetery. He's looking for answers, all the while formulating his own disquieting philosophies.
Within this dizzying investigation into the mystery of death is another mystery: who is the companion igniting these memories? This enigmatic novel blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction, story and eulogy, poetry and obituary. Wry yet somber, astringent yet tender, The Disintegrations confronts both the impossibility of understanding death and the timeless longing for immortality.
Contents
The Weight
Holy Cross Cemetery
My Grandma's Resurrection
Holy Cross Cemetery, Part Two
The Cycle of Experience
Robert
The Dead Man's Things
Orientation
Mike Hazelwood and the Floor of the Dead
The California Section
A Tour
The Birnies
Brushes with Death
Demographics
Heidi's Book
Notable Persons
The Mourners
The Dancing Corpse of Jill Yip
A Hole in the World
Disintegration
Erin's Trip
Regulations
The University of Disintegration
Chris, a Recipe
My Coffin
The Caretaker's Wife
Cooper's Story
A Hole in the Ground
Odors
Aino's Song
How to Dispose of Me
The Mourner
Eun Kang and the Ocean
Death Dream #1
Data
My Grandfather's Hemorrhage
Immortality
An Encounter
The Ballad of Sandra Golvin
A Death Book
The Hearses
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
