Within this dizzying investigation into the mystery of death is another mystery: who is the companion igniting these memories? This enigmatic novel blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction, story and eulogy, poetry and obituary. Wry yet somber, astringent yet tender, The Disintegrations confronts both the impossibility of understanding death and the timeless longing for immortality.;The weight -- Holy Cross Cemetery -- My grandma's resurrection -- Holy Cross Cemetery, part two -- The cycle of experience -- Robert -- The dead man's things -- Orientation -- Mike Hazelwood and the floor of the dead -- The California section -- A tour -- The Birnies -- Brushes with death -- Demographics -- Heidi's book -- Notable persons -- The mourners -- The dancing corpse of Jill Yip -- A hole in the world -- Disintegration -- Erin's trip -- Regulations -- The university of disintegration -- Chris, a recipe -- My coffin -- The caretaker's wife -- Cooper's story -- A hole in the ground -- Odors -- Aino's song -- How to dispose of me -- The mourner -- Eun Kang and the ocean -- Death dream #1 -- Data -- My grandfather's hemorrhage -- Immortality -- An encounter -- The ballad of Sandra Golvin -- A death book -- The hearses.