A Time of Loss - Daniel Schreiber

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ALONE'Such a skilled and engaging writer'Deborah Levy'Schreiber's prose is gorgeous, practically silken'Lauren GroffNothing in this world lasts forever. We find the fleeting nature of things impossible to accept - yet as both individuals and as a society, we're constantly confronted by it. In A Time of Loss, Daniel Schreiber looks at a central human experience, connecting the personal and the social: from mourning conflict and climate change, to the personal grief that we're plunged into when a loved-one dies. After the loss of his father, we follow Schreiber around Venice - where the beauty of the world sits so clearly alongside a sense of its impermanence.His subtle and thoughtful insights offer comfort and enrich us at a time when everything seems to provoke fear. It is a personal, gentle book, that ultimately makes a strong plea for optimism and life in the face of loss.
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