{"product_id":"concerning-the-future-of-souls","title":"Concerning the Future of Souls","description":"Returning to her legendary short stories, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy Williams offers a much-anticipated follow-up to \u003cem\u003eNinety-Nine Stories of God\u003c\/em\u003e, which \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e called a \"treasure trove of bafflements and tiny masterpieces.\" \u003cem\u003eConcerning the Future of Souls\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eConcerning the Future of Souls\u003c\/em\u003e is an absolution and an indictment, sorrowful and ecstatic. Williams will leave you wonderstruck, pondering the morality of being mortal.","brand":"Tin House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47992824758461,"sku":"BS-TC0-030591","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781959030591-HD.jpg?v=1786702901","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/concerning-the-future-of-souls","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}