Concerning the Future of Souls

Ninety-Nine Stories of Azrael

Joy Williams

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Tuskar Rock
12 November 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

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.

By: Joy Williams
Imprint: Tuskar Rock
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 153g
ISBN: 9781805222538
ISBN 10: 1805222538
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 12 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joy Williams is the author of five novels and four short story collections. Among her many honours are a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Kirkus Prize for Fiction, the Paris Review's Hadada Award as well as nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.

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

'Praise for Joy Williams' - : 'Joy Williams is simply a wonder' - Raymond Carver 'One of the great writers of her generation' - The New York Times 'Brilliant and inspiring. Anyone new to her has a treat in store' - Times 'Among the strangest, most exciting authors at work today' - Daily Mail