After having written 12 books, all of which reflect the different stages of life in some way or another, Inge Eidsvåg has chosen this time to confront himself and the readers with the end of life. He is 70 years old, and the horizon of death is moving ever closer. What does this have to do with what we think about life and death? The book alternates between a wide range of disciplines: history, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and fiction.