The Good Day I Died

"An exceptional book that you won't want to miss! This book goes well beyond other personal near-death experience (NDE) accounts. The unique book format of questions followed by his own answers adds a fascinating dimension of gripping reality. Desmond courageously shares his profound near-death experience and the remarkable experiences and understandings that followed. With each turn of the page you will find a treasure trove of insights and inspiration. This outstanding book is expertly written, very easy to read, and enthusiastically recommended." - Jeffrey Long, MD, Author of the New York Times bestseller, Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experience s, and Founder of Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF)
"Weaving together his near-death experience and aftereffects, his study of comparative religion, and his literary philosophy, process, and projects, Kon has created a memoir tapestry like no other, addressing a wide range of topics culminating in that of ultimate importance: meaning and happiness in life. This tapestry awaits readers seeking to appreciate its unique beauty." - Janice Holden, EdD, Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies , and Past President of International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)
"Desmond Kon brings a welcome literary voice to the NDE memoir. Structured in the form of an interview, the author interrogates himself as the journalist, poet, and scholar within try to make sense of the experience, weaving between intellectual analysis, existential puzzlement, and spiritual wonder. The result is a reflexive meditation not only on the nature and significance of NDEs, but also on uncertainty, identity, literary theory, and the creative process. The Good Day I Died is a unique and moving achievement, and a refreshingly thoughtful and sober contribution to a genre too often characterized by tabloid sensationalism. Taken purely as phenomenological description, Desmond's account is also a fascinating example of how NDEs can combine such strikingly individual diversity with (quasi-) universal similarity." - Gregory Shushan, PhD, Author of Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, and Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations
" The Good Day I Died defies categories. It is a poststructuralist confession, an exegetical survey of Desmond Kon's oeuvre so far, and a magnum opus poem that boldly takes us to the depths of hell, the ethereal light of heaven, and back to life on earth with an assorted cast of angels and demons from pop culture and cultural studies. It is in a liminal fold where art meets reality, and raises questions about beauty and truth. Indeed, if one writes like one's dying, one would do so with urgency and by design. Desmond shows us how in this poetic work about the artist as a divided self." - Eric Tinsay Valles, Poet and Director of Poetry Festival Singapore