Long TextExercise 69 of 81

The physical spaces we construct for mourning reveal, with an eloquence that verbal testimony rarely achieves, the assumptions a culture harbours about the nature of death and its proper relationship to the living. A Victorian cemetery, with its elaborate monuments, its carefully maintained pathways, and its…

• What contrast does the writer draw between Victorian cemeteries and modern crematoria?
• What quality of Zumthor's chapel does the writer find most relevant to the discussion?