Summary
Annie Dillard tackles the philosophical problem of evil: how can it exist if God exists? A New York Times Notable Book in 1999.
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"Dillard's failure to allow for her readers' response...is the primary shortcoming of FOR THE TIME BEING. I would call it a failure of wit. Wit does not just mean humor, though here too there is a problem. I most often had trouble with Annie Dillard's prose when I thought she was trying to be darkly funny....[S]he-nobly, courageously and with the best of intentions-ultimately flounders." -- Wendy Lesser
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Pages: 208
Publisher's Notes
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Dillard's latest is a personal narrative that surveys the panorama of our world, past and present. Here, the reader finds defect and beauty together, miracle and tragedy, time and eternity. Compassionate, informative, enthralling and surprising, For the Time Being shows one of America's most original writers in the fullness of her powers.
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