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For the Time Being

By: Annie Dillard
Narrated by: David Birney
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This personal, philosophical narrative surveys the panorama of our world past and present. Dillard poses questions of natural evil, God, and individual existence. Can one individual really matter? If so, how? Compassionate, enthralling, and always surprising, For the Time Being is the latest work by one of our most original writers - her breadth of knowledge matched by keenness of observation- at her best.

©1999 by Annie Dillard; 1925 by J.B. Shackleford (P)1999 NewStar Media Inc.
Essays Nature & Ecology Philosophy Science Social Sciences Spirituality Nonfiction

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"This is a book of great richness, beauty, and power." (The New York Times Book Review)

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