The Southeast Asian Book of the Dead [Paperback]

Bill Shields (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: 2 13 61 (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880985136
• ISBN-13: 978-1880985137
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,219,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If this book doesn't rock your world..., November 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Southeast Asian Book of the Dead (Paperback)

...you might already be dead.

Goodness; this book is amazing in how relentless it is. It's like fighting Muhammed Ali: you keep getting whacked, and it's painful as all get-out, but you're honored to be there in the ring with him at all.

All of the brutality in Shields' work, when all is said and done, actually delivers a life-AFFIRMING message. The writing is so honest and informed; you really get the idea that this man who has been through such hell has walked out of it with wisdom that few of us are going to get on our own. Plus, he's somehow kept his sense of humor.

A major, MAJOR piece of work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As intense as literature gets., May 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Southeast Asian Book of the Dead (Paperback)

For brutality, intensity and stomach pulling honesty the rest of the world just wishes it could match Bill Shields. Huddle in bed with this book and thank creation that your worst nightmares don't come close to his reality. S-E A BoTD is Shields at his Vietnam induced best.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Thing, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Southeast Asian Book of the Dead (Paperback)

Shields' book takes you to places most readers and writers don't want to travel to: the elephant grass deep within our unconscious, where all the horror lurks, unseen. Also, Cunis' cover is utterly striking, a graphic metaphor for the terror within.