Death

About this book

Maurice Maeterlinck considers the most familiar terror of all: the moment when a person ceases to be alive. He asks why death frightens us so deeply, and whether the mind can really imagine its own absence.

In a series of meditations, the Belgian writer examines survival, consciousness and the possibility that individual existence belongs to something larger. His conclusions remain philosophical and speculative, often returning to the limits of what people can know. The writing has the intimacy of someone trying to think clearly about a fear that no one escapes.