Concerning the Future of Souls: Ninety-Nine Stories of Azrael by Joy Williams Groundswell Speaker 2024 ‘Pure reading pleasure’ NEW YORK

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Concerning the Future of Souls: Ninety-Nine Stories of Azrael by Joy Williams Groundswell Speaker 2024 ‘Pure reading pleasure’ NEW YORKJoy 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