He writes “I’m reading a Chinese book, Ghost Book, which I mention because it deals exclusively with death. A man is lying on his deathbed and in the independence gained by the proximity of death, he says: “I have spent my life fighting the desire to end it.” Then a pupil mocks his teacher, who talks of nothing but death: “You’re always talking about death and yet you do not die.” “And yet I will die. I’m just singing my last song. One man’s song is longer, another man’s is shorter. At most, however, they differ by only a few words.”
That’s true and it’s unfair to laugh at the lead singer in the opera who sings an aria while lying on the stage, mortally wounded. We lie on the ground and sing for years.”
Maybe the details will help identify the book. I’m very intrigued to find it and read it but I haven’t been lucky with my Google searches. Thanks!!!
by a_chilling_chinchila