Nothing to Be Frightened Of: A Memoir

Nothing to Be Frightened Of: A Memoir

NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br>A memoir on mortality as only Julian Barnes can write it, one that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses about the most basic fact of life: its inevitable extinction. If the fear of death is €œthe most rational thing in the world,€ how does one contend with it? An atheist at twenty and an agnostic at sixty, Barnes looks into the various arguments for, against, and <i>with</i> God, and at his own bloodline, which has become, following his parents€ death, another realm of mystery.<br><br>Deadly serious, masterfully playful, and surprisingly hilarious, <b><i>Nothing to Be Frightened Of </i></b>is a riveting display of how this supremely gifted writer goes about his business and a highly personal tour of the human condition and what might follow the final diagnosis.