After the down-and-out poet Shinmon Aoki dropped out of Japan's prestigious Waseda University, he entered the funeral industry by chance and has been doing so for nearly forty years.
Seeing all kinds of dead people every day, as well as their relatives who are separated from them in life and death, Aoki went from fear at first, to calmness, to compassion, and finally realized the boundary between life and death.
Using both hands to allow the deceased to say goodbye to his relatives and friends with the most peaceful, true and beautiful face is a responsibility and obligation for the embalmer, as well as morality and compassion...
With the poet's brushstrokes and the philosopher's wisdom, the work clearly and broadly describes the gentlest joys and sorrows of life and death under the starry sky...
Reader comments
This book describes the work of an embalmer in a delicate way, which gave me a deeper understanding of this profession. The storyline is real and touching, and the author's writing is concise and philosophical, which made me feel the weight of life and death and respect for life. Well worth reading!
It is quite good, the language is not boring, and I have learned a lot after reading this. You can read it when you have nothing to do, just to broaden your horizons. The description of life in the book is quite detailed.
I am not afraid of talking about death, but there are always people who are afraid or disgusted to talk about this topic. It seems to be related to the author's emotions. I don't understand why some people are afraid of death. After reading this book, I had an epiphany.
Good book, The Mortician is a thought-provoking book
This book is super good, I listen to it every day, it's great, I give it a thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up.
This book describes the work of an embalmer in a delicate way, which gave me a deeper understanding of this profession. The storyline is real and touching, and the author's writing is concise and philosophical, which made me feel the weight of life and death and respect for life. Well worth reading!
It is quite good, the language is not boring, and I have learned a lot after reading this. You can read it when you have nothing to do, just to broaden your horizons. The description of life in the book is quite detailed.
I am not afraid of talking about death, but there are always people who are afraid or disgusted to talk about this topic. It seems to be related to the author's emotions. I don't understand why some people are afraid of death. After reading this book, I had an epiphany.
Good book, The Mortician is a thought-provoking book
This book is super good, I listen to it every day, it's great, I give it a thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up.