Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death

Paperback: 176页

出版社: Canongate Books; Reprint (2019年4月2日)

语种： English

ISBN-10: 1786890240

ISBN-13: 978-1786890245

产品尺寸及重量: 13.3 x 1.9 x 19.7 cm

作品简介

Where do we go when we die? Or is there nowhere to go? Is death something we can do or is it just something that happens to us? 

Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and women towards peaceful deaths. In Waiting for the Last Bus, he presents a positive, meditative and profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn from death: facing up to the limitations of our bodies as they falter, reflecting on our failings, and forgiving ourselves and others.

But in a modern world increasingly wary of acknowledging mortality, Waiting for the Last Bus is also a stirring plea to reacquaint ourselves with death. Facing and welcoming death gives us the chance to think about not only the meaning of our own life, but of life itself; and can mean the difference between ordinary sorrow and unbearable regret at the end.

人死之后，去向何方？还是就此灰飞烟灭，无迹可寻？面对死亡，我们是否只能束手无策？

现代社会，人们对于“长生”的追求越来越热切，而《生命最后一列车》（WAITING FOR THE LAST BUS）一书则反其道而行之，它恳请读者重新审视死亡。面对死亡、迎接终焉，这一行为可以让人们反思自己的人生，更能让我们重新审视生命自身，让终结来临之前，我所感受到的是安稳的悲伤，而不是无法承受的悔恨。阅读这本书是一次暖心与感动的过程，它如同一份邀请，请读者重新思考生命的这一巨大神秘。

已是鲐背之年的作者理查德·霍洛韦曾是爱丁堡主教，他一生都在观察生命的流逝、指引无数人迎来平静的死亡。《生命的最后一列车》一书如同一次积极、和缓而深刻的人生课，我们从中了解死亡：身体有终焉，心智有衰退，但我们总能够宽恕、善待自己与他人。

编辑/媒体推荐

“An inclusive and hugely nourishing reminder to take stock of our mortality . . . Elegant, elegiac and thought-provoking.”—Observer

“Written with the integrity, intelligence and wit that we expect from Richard Holloway.” —Karen Armstrong

“Thought-provoking, revelatory, grave and comforting. It is impossible not to be moved by it in the most profound way.”—Alexander McCall Smith

“Thoughtful, playful, courageous and deeply altruistic . . . a fine companion for anyone who wishes to live a life of any depth.” —A.L. Kennedy

“A plangent and profound meditation on the ultimate inevitability. It is also a book with a great deal of care in it . . . I'd happily spend time with [Richard Holloway] in the afterlife.” —Scotsman

“Every bit as meditative, witty and elegiac as you would expect.”—Scotsman

“Wise and exquisite . . . beautifully woven.” —Church Times

“An exercise in self-examination, Holloway probing his own vanities and fears with a good-humoured frankness . . . Holloway is at his most entertaining - and moving - when drawing on his own experiences.”—Daily Telegraph

“The record of a mind too large, too curious and far too generous to be confined within any single religious denomination.” —Philip Pullman

“A wise, compassionate perspective on a persistently taboo subject. The pragmatism and gentle humour make it an unusually inclusive book. For everyone, however young.” (―Colin Firth)

作者简介

Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Leaving Alexandria won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. Holloway has written for many newspapers in Britain, including The Times, Guardian, Observer, Herald and Scotsman. He has also presented many series for BBC television and radio; Waiting for the Last Bus originated as a five-part series on Radio 4 in 2016.

理查德·霍洛韦（Richard Holloway）是苏格兰爱丁堡圣公会前主教，同时也是一位神学教授。他是爱丁堡皇家协会（Royal Society of Edinburgh）的成员之一，也担任苏格兰艺术委员会(Scottish Arts Council)的联合委员。

霍洛韦的文字多见于英国各大报刊媒体之上，如《泰晤士报》、《卫报》、《观察者》等，同时，他还为BBC电视台录制多档系列节目。