Concerning the Future of Souls: Ninety-Nine Stories of Azrael

Joy Williams' novel "Concerning the Future of Souls" is a masterful work that explores mortality through the eyes of Azrael, the Angel of Death. It presents a thoughtful and troubled protagonist as he confronts the holy impossibility of his task, his uneasy relationship with Death, and his friendship with the Devil. The book offers ninety-nine illuminations on the soul's fate, ranging from ordinary people to great artists and animals. It is profound, sorrowful, witty, and ecstatic, leaving readers awestruck in their confrontation of life in the face of death.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2024
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

A book completed by a master of the craft, Guardian Holy, gorgeous, and politically red-hot masterpieces, Daily Telegraph An intricate, perfectly articulated work of art, Times Literary Supplement Joy Williams offers ninety-nine illuminations on mortality as she brings her powers of observation to Azrael, the Angel of Death and transporter of souls. Balancing the extraordinary and the humble, the bizarre and the beatific, the book presents Azrael as a thoughtful and troubled protagonist as he confronts the holy impossibility of his task, his uneasy relationship with Death, and his friendship with the Devil. In this follow-up to Williams' 99 Stories of God, a collection of connected beings - ranging from ordinary people to great artists such as Kafka, Nietzsche, Bach, and Rilke to dogs, birds, horses, and butterflies - experience the varying fate of the soul, transient yet everlasting. Profound, sorrowful, witty, and ecstatic, Concerning the Future of Souls will leave readers awestruck in their confrontation of life in the face of death.

Weight: 154g
Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805222538
Edition number: Main