Born with the Dead

"e;Born with the Dead"e; is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. It describes a near-future world in which the recently dead can be "e;rekindled"e; to a new life, but one in which their personalities and attitudes are radically changed; although they possess their memories from their previous lives, their former concerns no longer appear important to them. The story parallels that of Eurydice and Orpheus in the underworld.