some ideas of a book review

I read a book review: Dying of the Light on the NewYork Times. It's about a book which concerning about the fear of death. The book's authur, Julian Barnes dreads death. He said it is a fear of nothing, emptiness and the agnostic future. Barness associates the fear with the sunset of his parents life: one suffered from stroke, the other paralyzed on one side. He doesn't believe in the contemporary religion therapy: the development of the personality, the accumulation of sexual exploits, the visits to the gym... etc. However, He finds comforts in Mozart and Donatello's art.



I think it's an interesting topic. The utterly unpredictable future will be the most dreadful thing. The fearfulness is understandable; it makes you think who are you, where are you from and where are you going. If you never think of those questions, it is sensible to be afraid of death. It's easy to imagine: if you are on the edge of death, what's the first thing come to your mind? It might be a quick review of your life. You are terrified, because you never know what did you do during you whole life.