A A Friendship in Twilight by Jack Miles
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight is their plague journal. In raw and searching letters, written daily from the first lockdowns through the Capitol riot, they reflect on life during overlapping crises.
A Friendship in Twilight is an engaging plague journal with the added suspense of a looming US. election in which democracy itself was at stake. Miles and Taylor, each of whom has a remarkable range of knowledge and interests, offer fascinating exchanges on numerous philosophical, religious, and cultural matters, along with more personal biographical reflections. This is a genuine one-of-a-kind book. -- Peter Harrison, author of The Territories of Science and Religion
A unique charm and depth, giving its protagonists access to the space and time of a friendship that is patient, generous, and substantive. * Los Angeles Review of Books *
This faithfully captures the experience of living through 2020, for better or for worse. * Publishers Weekly *
The true beauty of the book, then, is that while the early months of the pandemic are the background and occasion for the letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting. * America *
A unique charm and depth, giving its protagonists access to the space and time of a friendship that is patient, generous, and substantive. * Los Angeles Review of Books *
This faithfully captures the experience of living through 2020, for better or for worse. * Publishers Weekly *
The true beauty of the book, then, is that while the early months of the pandemic are the background and occasion for the letters, the friendship they display is vastly more interesting. * America *
Jack Miles is professor emeritus of English and religious studies at the University of California, Irvine. A former Jesuit, he is the author of a trilogy about God in three classic scriptures, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning God: A Biography (1995), and the general editor of the six-volume Norton Anthology of World Religions.
Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and professor emeritus at Williams College. He is the author of more than thirty books, including most recently Intervolution: Smart Bodies Smart Things (Columbia, 2020). His art has been exhibited at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Clark Art Institute.
Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University and professor emeritus at Williams College. He is the author of more than thirty books, including most recently Intervolution: Smart Bodies Smart Things (Columbia, 2020). His art has been exhibited at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Clark Art Institute.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231205955 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231205953 |
| Title | A A Friendship in Twilight |
| Author | Jack Miles |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2022-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 456 |
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