Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us (Hardback)

Paul Koudounaris (author)

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Hardback 216 Pages / Published: 16/03/2015

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Synopsis

Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones, to skulls smoking cigarettes, wearing beanie hats and sunglasses, and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America, Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places, the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe.

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9780500517789
Number of pages: 216
Weight: 1610 g
Dimensions: 330 x 220 x 23 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

'In the midst of life, you need a good book about death. This is it' - Fortean Times
'This is an engrossing, albeit unsettling, read' - Royal Photographic Society Journal
'A visually disturbing study of human remains as used around the world in decorative, commemorative, or devotional rites, guaranteed to make your hair stand on end' - Birmingham Post