{"product_id":"concerning-the-future-of-souls-ninety-nine-stories-of-azrael-9781805222538b","title":"Concerning the Future of Souls: Ninety-Nine Stories of Azrael","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eJoy Williams offers ninety-nine illuminations on mortality as she brings her powers of observation to Azrael, the Angel of Death and transporter of souls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBalancing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfound, sorrowful, witty and ecstatic, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eConcerning the Future of Souls\u003c\/span\u003e will leave readers awestruck in their confrontation of life in the face of death.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Filled with humour, canny allusion, beauty, and a profundity born of glimpsing human lives' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e Book of the Year 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Williams is one of the most pioneering fiction writers of our time' Andrew Motion, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e Book of the Year 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Witty, peculiar and brilliant' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/span\u003eChristmas Pick 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book completed by a master of the craft. Prepare to be moved' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Holy, gorgeous and politically red-hot masterpieces' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intricate, perfectly articulated work of art' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Profile Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824702394448,"sku":"9781805222538B","price":9.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781805222538-l.jpg?v=1785897701","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/concerning-the-future-of-souls-ninety-nine-stories-of-azrael-9781805222538b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}