by Jan Bondeson · Ediciones B. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466606950
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«Enterrado vivo» is the historical essay by Jan Bondeson, published by Ediciones B. in paperback (356 pages, in Spanish).
The book analyses the historical fear of premature burial and its influence on Western culture and medicine. With documented cases, urban legends and literary works, it examines the anguish of being declared dead by mistake and the systems to avoid it, from coffins with bells to German waiting mortuaries.
The original English edition is titled «Buried Alive»; the Spanish translation is by Carlos Abreu. The subtitle of the work is «La aterradora historia de nuestro miedo más primario».
For readers of historical non-fiction interested in the history of medicine, folklore and the macabre.
