TY - SOUND AU - Hitchens,Christopher AU - Prebble,Simon ED - Hachette Audio (Firm) TI - Mortality SN - 1619691884 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Hachette Audio KW - Hitchens, Christopher KW - Atheists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Authors, American KW - Death KW - Esophagus KW - Cancer KW - Patients KW - Journalists KW - Terminally ill KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Compact discs; Directed by Louis Milgrom and Jon Klemm; Read by Simon Prebble N2 - Throughout the course of his ordeal battling esophageal cancer, Hitchens adamantly and bravely refused the solace of religion, preferring to confront death with both eyes open. In a riveting account of his affliction, Hitchens poignantly describes the torments of illness, discusses its taboos, and explores how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us. By turns personal and philosophical, Hitchens embraces the full panoply of human emotions ER -