Song of Two Worlds

by Alan Lightman

Book Overview

In Alan Lightman's new book, a verse narrative, we meet a man who has lost his faith in all things following a mysterious personal tragedy. After decades of living "hung like a dried fly," emptied and haunted by his past, the narrator awakens one morning revitalized and begins a Dante-like journey to find something to believe in, first turning to the world of science and then to the world of philosophy, religion, and human life. As his personal story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568814631
• ISBN13: 9781568814636
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: A K PETERS
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"