The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about Suffering and Its Meaning - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Little Brown and CompanyISBN-13:9780316158794ISBN-10:316158798UPC:9780316158794Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Movements, ReferenceBook Topic:HumanismSize:8.50 x 6.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.29Product ID:SC2XY0JVQF
What does it mean to suffer? What enables some people to emerge from tragedy while others are spiritually crushed by it? Why do so many Americans think of suffering as something that happens to other people -- who usually deserve it? These are some of the questions at the heart of this powerful book. Combining reportage, personal narrative, and moral philosophy, Peter Trachtenberg tells the stories of grass-roots genocide tribunals in Rwanda and tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka, an innocent man on death row, and a family bereaved on 9/11. He examines texts from the Book of Job to the Bodhicharyavatara and the writings of Simone Weil. The Book of Calamities is a provocative and sweeping look at one of the biggest paradoxes of the human condition -- and the surprising strength and resilience of those who are forced to confront it.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Little Brown and CompanyISBN-13:9780316158794ISBN-10:316158798UPC:9780316158794Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Movements, ReferenceBook Topic:HumanismSize:8.50 x 6.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.29Product ID:SC2XY0JVQF
Peter Trachtenberg is the author of The Book of Calamities and 7 Tattoos: A Memoir in the Flesh. He is the recipient of Whiting Writers Award, a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, and a Bellagio Residency. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. PeterTrachtenberg.com
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