Concerning the future of souls: 99 Stories of Azrael
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9781959030591
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| Grouping Title | concerning the future of souls 99 stories of azrael |
| Grouping Author | joy williams |
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-08-15 05:08:44AM |
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Williams, Joy, 1944-
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"Concerning the Future of Souls balances the extraordinary and the humble, the bizarre and the beatific, as Azrael-transporter of souls and the most troubled and thoughtful of the angels-confronts the holy impossibility of his task, his uneasy relationship with Death, and his friendship with the Devil. Over the course of these ninety-nine illuminations, a collection of connected and disparate beings--ranging from ordinary folk to grand, known figures such as Jung, Nietzsche, Pythagoras, Bach, and Rilke; to mountains, oceans, dogs, birds, whales, horses, butterflies, a sixty-year-old tortoise, and a chimp named Washoe--experience the varying fate of the soul as each encounters the darkness of transcendence in this era of extinction. A brilliant crash course in philosophy, religion, literature, and culture, Concerning the Future of Souls is an absolution and an indictment, sorrowful and ecstatic."--
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2024
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Tin House
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Fantasy fiction
Short stories
Soul -- Fiction
Short stories
Soul -- Fiction
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Concerning the future of souls : 99 Stories of Azrael
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Concerning the future of souls : 99 Stories of Azrael / Joy Williams
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Concerning the future of souls
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99 Stories of Azrael
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Soul
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