The Presence of Absence av Simon Van Booy

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<p><b>“Flows with depth and power....wide-open wonder.”—<i>Washington Post</i></b><br><br><b>“Simon Van Booy electrifyingly combines story with parable....wise, witty and always breathtakingly beautiful.”—<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle, Best Fiction of the Year</i></b></b><br><br>
As a writer lies dying, he has one last story to tell: a tale of faith and devotion, a meditation on what lies beyond this life, and a prayer of gratitude that may lead to rebirth. This is Simon Van Booy at his visionary best.<br><br>

“Language is a map leading to a place not on the map,” announces a young writer lying in a hospital bed at the beginning of <b><i>The Presence of Absence</i></b>. As he contemplates his impending physical disappearance and the impact on his beloved wife, he realizes, “Life doesn’t start when you’re born . . . it begins when you commit yourself to the eventual devastating loss that results from connecti