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Synopsis
Annie Dillard tackles the philosophical problem of evil: how can it exist if God exists? A New York Times Notable Book in 1999.
| Size | | Length: | 205 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "I have in my hands the standard manual of human birth defects. Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, fourth edition, by Kenneth Lyons Jones, M.D., professor of pediatrics at UC-San Diego, 1988, is a volume to which, in conscience, I cannot recommend your prolonged attention. In vivid photographs, it depicts many variations in our human array."
Industry Reviews
"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."
New York Times Book Review - Wendy Lesser (03/28/1999)
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