On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times
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In On Consolation Michael Ignatieff, historian, writer and former Canadian politician, looks at what we can learn from each across the millennia about how to deal with grief and pain. An atheist, Ignatieff nonetheless starts off with the Bible’s Book of Job and the Psalms, before turning to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, and Primo Levi.
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