Ancient Romans and Greeks placed coins in the mouth of the deceased for passage through the mythological Styx; memorials are dedicated to victims of genocide; vultures consume bodies in the high ...

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys. By Mariana Enríquez. Translated by Megan McDowell. Hogarth Press; 336 pages; $30. Granta Books; £20 VISITORS TO GRAVEYARDS fall into three ...

I bet I know what you’re thinking: Essays about cemeteries? The type of people who go for this sort of thing are emo musicians, goth girls and, well, horror writers like myself. But not you. It would ...